Evaluation of the BinaxNOW® Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test on fresh, frozen and concentrated urine samples in elderly patients with and without community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-26

  Saukkoriipi, Annika ^a   Pascal, Thierry ^b   Palmu, Arto A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b GSK   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Urine antigen

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE ANTIGEN TEST KIT; URINALYSIS; URINE ANTIGEN IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC MEMBRANE ASSAY; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FREEZING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROCEDURES; URINE;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FREEZING; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINE;

EID: 84949921197     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.12.007     Document Type: Article

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