The Evaluation of the Sputum Antigen Kit in the Diagnosis of Pneumococcal Pneumonia

OBJECTIVE: A previously developed sputum antigen detection kit for Streptococcus pneumoniae enabled the early diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia using sputum samples. We conducted a prospective study to compare the sensitivity of the sputum and urinary antigen kits. METHODS: Pneumonia patients who...

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Autores principales: Ikegame, Satoshi, Nakano, Takako, Otsuka, Junji, Yoshimi, Michihiro, Matsuo, Tatsushi, Kubota, Midori, Tao, Yoshiaki, Takata, Shohei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28502926
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7935

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5491806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28502926
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7935

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