2010
Pneumococcal serotypes causing pediatric meningitis in Turkey: application of a new technology in the investigation of cases negative by conventional culture
Ceyhan M, Yildirim I, Sheppard C, George R. Pneumococcal serotypes causing pediatric meningitis in Turkey: application of a new technology in the investigation of cases negative by conventional culture. European Journal Of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2010, 29: 289-293. PMID: 20087750, DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0853-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseasePolymerase chain reactionPneumococcal diseasePneumococcal serotypesCSF samplesAntigen detectionSurveillance of serotypesPneumococcal conjugate vaccinePrior antibiotic useSerotypes/groupsCerebrospinal fluid samplesYears of agePediatric meningitisBacterial meningitisVaccine impactConjugate vaccineActive surveillanceAntibiotic useCommon serotypesQuellung reactionStreptococcus pneumoniaeAge groupsInvestigation of casesSerotype 5Ply gene
2008
A Chryseobacterium meningosepticum outbreak observed in 3 clusters involving both neonatal and non-neonatal pediatric patients
Ceyhan M, Yıldırım I, Tekelı A, Yurdakok M, Us E, Altun B, Kutluk T, Cengiz AB, Gurbuz V, Barın C, Bagdat A, Cetınkaya D, Gur D, Tuncel O. A Chryseobacterium meningosepticum outbreak observed in 3 clusters involving both neonatal and non-neonatal pediatric patients. American Journal Of Infection Control 2008, 36: 453-457. PMID: 18675153, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2007.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Bacterial AgentsChryseobacteriumCluster AnalysisCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksDNA FingerprintingDNA, BacterialEnvironmental MicrobiologyFemaleFlavobacteriaceae InfectionsGenotypeHandHealth PersonnelHospital UnitsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRandom Amplified Polymorphic DNA TechniqueTurkeyConceptsNon-neonatal pediatric patientsHealth care workers' handsNeonatal intensive care unitTertiary health centerEnterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence polymerase chain reactionIntensive care unitInfection control measuresMeningosepticum infectionOlder patientsPediatric patientsPremature infantsCare unitPediatric wardPolymerase chain reactionHand culturesHealth centersIndex patientsNosocomial infectionsAmbu bagPatientsEtiologic agentAntimicrobial treatmentPowdered infant formulaOutbreak investigationInfant formula