The Binax NOW test as a tool for diagnosis of severe acute otitis media and associated complications

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3003-3007

  Gisselsson Solén, Marie ^a   Bylander, Anita ^b   Wilhelmsson, Christina ^c   Hermansson, Ann ^a   Melhus, Åsa ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b IVF Clinic Cura   (Sweden)

^c BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34548675347     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00299-07     Document Type: Article

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