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 r...

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Autores principales: Turner, Paul, Turner, Claudia, Kaewcharernnet, Napaphat, Mon, Naw Yi, Goldblatt, David, Nosten, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21521533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-108

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21521533
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-108

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