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Serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae disease isolates from children in Turkey, 2001–2004

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Acknowledgements

We thank the following paediatricians and microbiologists (including their co-workers) who provided the clinical data and pneumococcal strains for their skillful technical assistance: Sevgi Gulnar, Ulker Dogru, Ergin Çiftci (Ankara), Zafer Kurugöl, Cihangir Ozkınay, Mehmet Ali Ozinel (Izmir), Mustafa Bakır, and Ahmet Soysal (Istanbul). We also thank Mark Fletcher and Bernard Fritzell, Wyeth Vaccines Research, for their critical review of the manuscript. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals supported the study.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Isık Yalçın

  2. Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Nezahat Gürler

  3. Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

    Emre Alhan, Mehmet Turgut & Ümit Çelik

  4. Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey

    Akgün Yaman

  5. Department of Paediatrics, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Necla Akçakaya & Yıldız Camcıoğlu

  6. Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Şukufe Diren

  7. Department of Medicine, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Büyükdere cad. Maya Akar Center, No.102 Kat. 9, Istanbul, 34390, Turkey

    Bülent Yıldırım

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Yalçın, I., Gürler, N., Alhan, E. et al. Serotype distribution and antibiotic susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae disease isolates from children in Turkey, 2001–2004. Eur J Pediatr 165, 654–657 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0128-x

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