Latex agglutination test for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in children in developing countries

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1989
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Abstract
When performed on urine samples the agglutination test specific for serotype has a high specificity and is more sensitive than culture of blood or lung aspirates, commercial agglutination tests, or countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis in identifying pneumococcal pneumonia. It is easy to use and shou …
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Authors O'Neill KP;Lloyd-Evans N;Campbell H;Forgie IM;Sabally S;Greenwood BM;;
Journal BMJ
Year 1989
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE Gambia humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine Child Infant preschool Clinical Trial Antigens sensitivity and specificity pneumonia pneumococcal / diagnosis* pneumococcal / microbiology controlled clinical trial bacterial / analysis* streptococcus pneumoniae / immunology* developing countries pneumococcal / immunology b m greenwood latex fixation tests* pmid:2497890 pmc1836447 doi:10.1136/bmj.298.6680.1061 k p o'neill n lloyd-evans urine / microbiology

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