Performance of a pneumolysin enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of pneumococcal infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3549-3554

  García Suárez, María Del Mar ^a,d   Cima Cabal, María Dolores ^a   Villaverde, Roberto ^a   Espinosa, Emma ^b   Falguera, Miquel ^c   De Los Toyos, Juan R ^a   Vazquez, Fernando ^a   Méndez, Francisco J ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^d Inst U   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOLYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINE LEVEL;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 36349022766     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01030-07     Document Type: Article

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