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

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Abstract
The ICT test performed on pleural fluid samples augments the standard diagnostic methods of blood and pleural fluid cultures, even in the case of prior antibiotic therapy, and enhances the ICT urinary antigen assay.
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Authors Porcel JM;Ruiz-González A;Falguera M;Nogués A;Galindo C;Carratalá J;Esquerda A;;
Journal chest
Year 2007
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17317736
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female male adolescent aged middle aged 80 and over Retrospective Studies Antigens sensitivity and specificity Evaluation Study pneumonia pneumococcal / diagnosis* immunoassay streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology bacterial / analysis* community-acquired infections / diagnosis community-acquired infections / immunology chromatography pneumococcal / immunology* pmid:17317736 doi:10.1378/chest.06-1884 josé m porcel agustín ruiz-gonzález aureli esquerda pleural effusion / immunology*

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