Use of the NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test in cerebrospinal fluid for rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 237-240

  Samra, Zmira ^a   Shmuely, Haim ^a   Nahum, Elhanan ^a,b   Paghis, Dina ^a   Ben Ari, Josef ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037687967     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(02)00548-5     Document Type: Article

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