Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of a Urine-Based Pneumococcal Antigen Test for Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Standard culture methods for diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia take at least 24 h. The BinaxNOW urine-based test for S. pneumoniae (BinaxNOW-SP) takes only 15 min to conduct, potentially enabling earlier diagnosis and targeted treatment. This study was conducted to assess whether the u...

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Main Authors: Sinclair, Alison, Xie, Xuanqian, Teltscher, Marty, Dendukuri, Nandini
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
Subjects:
Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3697702/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23678060
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00137-13
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