Improving the sensitivity of blood culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-196

  Saha, Samir ^a   Darmstadt, Gary ^b   Naheed, Aliya ^c   Arifeen, Shams ^c   Islam, Maksuda ^a   Fatima, Kaniz ^a   Breiman, Robert ^d   Sack, David ^e   Hamer, Davidson ^f  

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d Center for Disease Control   (Kenya)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Blood culture; Immunochromatographic test; Pneumococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLASS BOTTLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79957834528     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq070     Document Type: Article

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