Performance of the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen assay for diagnosis of pneumonia in children with underlying pulmonary diseases in the absence of acute pneumococcal infection
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The performance of the Binax NOW immunochromatographic test for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in urine specimens from 103 children presenting underlying pulmonary diseases with no recent pneumococcal infection was assessed. Our data indicate that this assay is unlikely to be useful for …
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| Authors | Navarro D;García-Maset L;Gimeno C;Escribano A;García-de-Lomas J; ;; |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
| Year | 2004 |
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
NCBI
NLM
MEDLINE
humans
pubmed abstract
nih
national institutes of health
national library of medicine
female
male
adolescent
Child
Infant
preschool
Antigens
sensitivity and specificity
Evaluation Study
pneumonia
pneumococcal / diagnosis*
pneumococcal / microbiology
streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
bacterial / urine*
reagent kits
diagnostic*
immunoassay / methods
pmid:15472361
pmc522312
doi:10.1128/jcm.42.10.4853-4855.2004
david navarro
leonor garcía-maset
spanish pneumococcal infection study network
chromatography
lung diseases / complications*
pneumococcal infections / microbiology
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