Evaluation of Binax NOW, an assay for the detection of pneumococcal antigen in urine samples, performed among pediatric patients

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In our evaluation of a new assay for the detection of pneumococcal antigen in urine (Binax NOW; Binax), the test result was no more likely to be positive among 88 children with radiographically confirmed pneumonia than among 198 control subjects; however, it was significantly more likely to be posit ā€¦
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Authors Dowell SF;Garman RL;Liu G;Levine OS;Yang YH;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 2001
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11229853
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine Child Infant preschool Antigens sensitivity and specificity Evaluation Study pneumonia pneumococcal / diagnosis* pneumococcal / microbiology streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification* bacterial / urine* radiography streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology reagent kits diagnostic carrier state / microbiology pmid:11229853 doi:10.1086/319205 s f dowell r l garman y h yang carrier state / diagnosis* nasopharynx / microbiology* pneumococcal / diagnostic imaging urine / microbiology*

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