Assessment of the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test in children with nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage

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We evaluated the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen assay by testing 210 healthy children aged 2--60 months living in urban slums of Quito, Ecuador. Healthy children with nasopharyngeal carriage of S. pneumoniae were significantly more likely to have positive urinary antigen test res …
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Authors Hamer DH;Egas J;Estrella B;MacLeod WB;Griffiths JK;Sempértegui F;;
Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 2002
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't Child Infant preschool Antigens sensitivity and specificity Evaluation Study davidson h hamer streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification* bacterial / urine* false positive reactions reagent kits diagnostic* carrier state / epidemiology carrier state / microbiology pmid:11880971 doi:10.1086/339446 josefina egas fernando sempértegui nasopharyngeal diseases / microbiology

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