title: Major bacteria of community-acquired respiratory tract infections in Turkey.
abstract: To determine the bacterial etiology of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in Turkey, quantitative cultures of sputum were carried out. The major pathogens for LTRIs were found to be Haemophilus influenzae, followed by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Moraxella catarrhalis. Only 6.1% of the H. inlfuenzae and all strains of M. catarrhalis were beta-lactamase producers. An E-test showed that 31.2% of the S. pneumoniae strains had an intermediate resistance to penicillin, and the remaining strains were susceptible; no fully resistant strains were detected.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Central Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ezgi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozyilmaz
authors.forename: Ozay Arikan
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Akan
authors.forename: Meral
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gulhan
authors.forename: Kamruddin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagatake
mesh_terms: D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology