1 Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey.
2 Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
3 Department of Intensive Care, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey.
4 Department of Haematology, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey.
5 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; NIHR HPRU in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7BE, United Kingdom.
6 Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Medical School, Samsun, Turkey. Electronic address: hakanomu@yahoo.com.