Rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in adults using the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-285

  Diederen, Bram M W ^a   Peeters, Marcel F ^a  

^a TweeSteden Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34247193670     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.07.006     Document Type: Letter

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