| Literature DB >> 15472361 |
David Navarro1, Leonor García-Maset, Concepción Gimeno, Amparo Escribano, Juan García-de-Lomas.
Abstract
The performance of the Binax NOW immunochromatographic test for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in urine specimens from 103 children presenting underlying pulmonary diseases with no recent pneumococcal infection was assessed. Our data indicate that this assay is unlikely to be useful for discriminating between children with and without pneumococcal pneumonia.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15472361 PMCID: PMC522312 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4853-4855.2004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948