Latex agglutination test for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in children in developing countries
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ID: 119872
1989
When performed on urine samples the agglutination test specific for serotype has a high specificity and is more sensitive than culture of blood or lung aspirates, commercial agglutination tests, or countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis in identifying pneumococcal pneumonia. It is easy to use and shou …
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| Authors | O'Neill KP;Lloyd-Evans N;Campbell H;Forgie IM;Sabally S;Greenwood BM;; |
| Journal | BMJ |
| Year | 1989 |
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
NCBI
NLM
MEDLINE
Gambia
humans
pubmed abstract
nih
national institutes of health
national library of medicine
Child
Infant
preschool
Clinical Trial
Antigens
sensitivity and specificity
pneumonia
pneumococcal / diagnosis*
pneumococcal / microbiology
controlled clinical trial
bacterial / analysis*
streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology*
developing countries
pneumococcal / immunology
b m greenwood
latex fixation tests*
pmid:2497890
pmc1836447
doi:10.1136/bmj.298.6680.1061
k p o'neill
n lloyd-evans
urine / microbiology
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