Semi-quantitative analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen: Kinetics of antigen titers and severity of diseases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 166-171

  Tateda, Kazuhiro ^a   Kusano, Emiko ^a   Matsumoto, Tetsuya ^a   Kimura, Kazuhiro ^a   Uchida, Koh ^a   Nakata, Koichiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Keizo ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KINETICS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33644603856     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500400944     Document Type: Article

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