Lack of usefulness of the immunochromatographic urinary pneumococcal antigen test in maximizing pneumococcal yield in a community-acquired pneumonia clinical trial [2]

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 562-564

  Vidal, J ^a   Adrover, A ^a   Garcia Mendez E ^b   García Rey, César ^b,c   Dal Re R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Spain)

^c c/ Severo Ochoa 2   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THERMOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33751180963     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2006.18.5.562     Document Type: Letter

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