Pleural antigen assay in the diagnosis of pediatric pneumococcal empyema

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321.e1-321.e4

  Martinón Torres, Federico ^a,b   Dosil Gallardo, Silvia ^a,b   Perez del Molino Bernal, María Luisa ^a   Sánchez, Fernanda Pardo ^a   Tarrago, David ^c   Alvez, Fernando ^a   Diaz, Sonia Pertega ^d   Martinón Torres, Nazareth ^a,b   Martinon Sanchez, Jose Maria ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago Healthcare Research Inst of Santiago   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Diagnosis; Empyema; Immunochromatographic test; Pleural effusion; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURAL ANTIGEN ASSAY; PNEUMOCOCCAL EMPYEMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84861199242     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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