Bacterial Etiology and Pneumococcal Serotypes in Turkish Children with Acute Otitis Media

Research Article - (2014) Volume 5, Issue 1

Mehmet Ceyhan¹, Yasemin Ozsurekci¹^*, Nezahat Gürler², Eda Karadag Oncel¹, Melda Celik¹, Ahmet Emre Aycan¹, Venhar Gurbuz¹, Umut Akyol³, Ozan Altuntaş³, Adnan Karabent⁴, Yıldız Camcıoğlu⁵, Mehmet Ada⁶, Emre Alhan⁷ and Özlem Özgür⁷: ¹Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ankara, Turkey; ²Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey; ³Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara, Turkey; ⁴Cankırı State Hospital, Cankırı, Turkey; ⁵Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁶Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul, Turkey; ⁷Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Adana, Turkey

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