RESUMEN

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.

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Líquido Cefalorraquídeo/microbiología , Monitoreo Epidemiológico , Meningitis Bacterianas/diagnóstico , Meningitis Bacterianas/epidemiología , Técnicas de Diagnóstico Molecular/métodos , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa/métodos , Adolescente , Bacterias/clasificación , Bacterias/aislamiento & purificación , Niño , Preescolar , Femenino , Humanos , Lactante , Masculino , Meningitis Bacterianas/microbiología , Prevalencia , Estudios Prospectivos , Serotipificación , Turquía/epidemiología