1. 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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Mustafa Hacimustafaoglu, Mehmet Ceyhan, Gulnar Sensoy, Fatih Akin, Nezahat Gürler, Zafer Kurugöl, Ahmet Emre Aycan, Yavuz Coşkun, Sengul Ozkan, Yildiz Camcioglu, Nuran Salman, Solmaz Celebi, Ahmet Faik Oner, Olcay Yasa, Nurşen Belet, Ener Cagri Dinleyici, Yasemin Ozsurekci, Hakan Uzun, Emre Alhan, Eda Karadag Oncel, Denizmen Aygun, Venhar Gurbuz, Melike Keser, Mehmet Ali Taş, Melda Celik, Çukurova Üniversitesi, OMÜ, İç Hastalıkları, Ege Üniversitesi, and Selçuk Üniversitesi
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Turkey ,Epidemiology ,Immunology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Microbiology ,Cerebrospinal fluid ,Streptococcus pneumoniae ,medicine ,Immunology and Allergy ,Meningitis ,Hib ,Etiologic agents ,Pharmacology ,etiologic agents ,Surveillance ,business.industry ,Neisseria meningitidis ,ComputerSystemsOrganization_COMPUTER-COMMUNICATIONNETWORKS ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,humanities ,S. pneumoniae ,Vaccination ,ComputingMilieux_MANAGEMENTOFCOMPUTINGANDINFORMATIONSYSTEMS ,ComputingMethodologies_PATTERNRECOGNITION ,Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ,N. meningitidis ,surveillance ,Etiology ,epidemiology ,Hemophilus influenzae type b ,InformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUS ,business ,Research Paper - Abstract
WOS: 000348316800043, PubMed: 25483487, 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, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics; GlaxoSmithKlineGlaxoSmithKline, The study was supported by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics (for 5 years) and by GlaxoSmithKline (for 2 years). The authors declare that they have no other conflicts of interest.
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- 2014