A prospective study of urinary pneumococcal antigen detection in healthy Karen mothers with high rates of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage.

BACKGROUND: Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae C-polysaccharide in urine is a useful rapid diagnostic test for pneumococcal infections in adults. In young children, high rates of false positive results have been documented due to detection of concurrent nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage. The...

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Principais autores: Turner, P, Turner, C, Kaewcharernnet, N, Mon, N, Goldblatt, D, Nosten, F
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: BioMed Central 2011