Streptococcus pneumoniae Antigen Test Using Positive Blood Culture Bottles as an Alternative Method To Diagnose Pneumococcal Bacteremia

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Abstract
Recovery of Streptococcus pneumoniae from positive blood culture bottles may be difficult due to autolysis of pneumococci. Therefore, we evaluated the performance of the Binax NOW S. pneumoniae antigen test with samples from positive blood culture bottles and defined the duration of detectable pneumococcal antigen in these bottles. Use of the S. pneumoniae antigen test is an alternative method for identifying S. pneumoniae from positive blood culture bottles and may enable a diagnosis of pneumococcal bacteremia despite negative subcultures.
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Authors Cathy A. Petti;Christopher W. Woods;L. Barth Reller;Cathy A. Petti;Christopher W. Woods;L. Barth Reller;
Journal Journal of clinical microbiology
Year 2005
DOI
10.1128/JCM.43.5.2510-2512.2005
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.5.2510-2512.2005
Keywords
National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine Antigens streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification* streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology bacteriological techniques pneumococcal infections / diagnosis* bacterial / analysis* bacteremia / diagnosis* cathy a petti bacteremia / blood pmid:15872298 pmc1153727 doi:10.1128/jcm.43.5.2510-2512.2005 christopher w woods l barth reller blood specimen collection / methods pneumococcal infections / blood

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