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;GarcĂ­a-Maset L;Gimeno C;Escribano A;GarcĂ­a-de-Lomas J; ;;
Journal Journal of clinical microbiology
Year 2004
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15472361
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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 garcĂ­a-maset spanish pneumococcal infection study network chromatography lung diseases / complications* pneumococcal infections / microbiology

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