title: PCR-based national bacterial meningitis surveillance in Turkey: years 2006 to 2009.
abstract: Polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis including 841 children revealed 246 with bacterial DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples of which 53% were Streptococcus pneumoniae, 19% Neisseria meningitidis, and 16% Haemophilus influenzae type b. The most common S. pneumoniae serotypes/serogroups were 1, 19F, 6A/6B, 23F, 5, 14, 18 and 19A. Among 47 meningococci, 86% were serogroup B, 6% serogroup C, 3% serogroup A, 3% serogroup X and 3% serogroup W.
authors.affiliation: From the *Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine; †Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; ‡Department of Infectious Diseases, Turkish Ministry of Health; §Department of Pediatrics, Adıyaman University Medical Faculty, Adıyaman, Turkey; ¶Department of Microbiology, Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; ‖Streptococcus Laboratory, Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; **Meningitis Laboratory, Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; ††Department of Clinical Microbiology, Marmara University School of Medicine; and ‡‡Department of Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Demet
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Toprak
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soysal
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Torunoğlu
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Türkoğlu
authors.forename: Fabiana Cristina
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Pimenta
authors.forename: Maria da Gloria
authors.initials: Mda G
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: Gülşen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Altnkanat
authors.forename: Güner
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Söyletir
authors.forename: Birgül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mete
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012703:Serotyping; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology