Assessment of a commercial rapid urinary antigen test to detect Streptococcus pneumoniae in patients who received 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 927-929

  Garcia Vazquez E ^a   Marcos, M A ^a   Vilella, A ^a   Yague J ^a   Bayas, J M ^a   Mensa, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE;

EID: 12144281960     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1251-0     Document Type: Article

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