Contribution of a urinary antigen assay (Binax NOW) to the early diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia

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We evaluated the usefulness of a rapid urinary antigen test (Binax NOW; Binax) to detect Streptococcus pneumoniae for the early diagnosis of community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia (PP) in 220 nonseverely immunosuppressed adults. We compared results of this test with those of sputum Gram staining. …
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Authors Rosón B;Fernández-Sabé N;Carratalà J;Verdaguer R;Dorca J;Manresa F;Gudiol F;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 2004
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14699454
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult Comparative Study Antigens sensitivity and specificity Evaluation Study pneumonia pneumococcal / diagnosis* pneumococcal / microbiology streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification* bacterial / urine* pmid:14699454 doi:10.1086/380639 beatriz rosón nuria fernández-sabé francesc gudiol pneumococcal infections / diagnosis* reagent kits diagnostic*

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