Evaluation of a Rapid Urine Antigen Assay for the Detection of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Children

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1279-1282

  Neuman, Mark I ^a   Harper, Marvin B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Fever; Pneumonia; Urine

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0348111442     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.6.1279     Document Type: Article

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