Development of a sensitive, multiplexed immunoassay using xMAP beads for detection of serotype-specific Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in urine samples

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-55

  Sheppard, Carmen L ^a   Harrison, Timothy G ^a   Smith, Michael D ^b   George, Robert C ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; IMMUNOASSAY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROSPHERES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINE;

EID: 78650807469     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.023150-0     Document Type: Article

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