A novel method for rapid detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in sputum and its application in adult respiratory tract infections

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 820-826

  Ehara, Naomi ^a   Fukushima, Kiyoyasu ^a   Kakeya, Hiroshi ^b   Mukae, Hiroshi ^b   Akamatsu, Suguru ^c   Kageyama, Akiko ^c   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^b  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TIME; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS; URINE;

EID: 48949085562     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47793-0     Document Type: Article

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