Meningitis caused by neisseria meningitidis, hemophilus influenzae type b and streptococcus pneumoniae during 2005-2012 in Turkey: A multicenter prospective surveillance study
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Tarih
2014
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Landes Bioscience
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Successful vaccination policies for protection from bacterial meningitis are dependent on determination of the etiology of bacterial meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were obtained prospectively from children from 1 month to ? 18 years of age hospitalized with suspected meningitis, in order to determine the etiology of meningitis in Turkey. DNA evidence of Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis ), Streptococcus pneumoniae ( S. pneumoniae), and Hemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was detected using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In total, 1452 CSF samples were evaluated and bacterial etiology was determined in 645 (44.4%) cases between 2005 and 2012; N. meningitidis was detected in 333 (51.6%), S. pneumoniae in 195 (30.2%), and Hib in 117 (18.1%) of the PCR positive samples. Of the 333 N. meningitidis positive samples 127 (38.1%) were identified as serogroup W-135, 87 (26.1%) serogroup B, 28 (8.4%) serogroup A and 3 (0.9%) serogroup Y; 88 (26.4%) were non-groupable. As vaccines against the most frequent bacterial isolates in this study are available and licensed, these results highlight the need for broad based protection against meningococcal disease in Turkey. © 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Epidemiology, Etiologic agents, Hib, Meningitis, N. meningitidis, S. pneumoniae, Surveillance, Turkey
Kaynak
Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
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Q1
Cilt
10
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9
