Enhancing the etiologic diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in adults using the urinary antigen assay (Binax NOW)

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-128

  Genné, Daniel ^a   Siegrist, Hans H ^b   Lienhard, Reto ^b  

^a Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

^b Inst Neuchatelois de Microbiologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Diagnosis; Etiology; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Urinary antigen test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 32844454300     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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