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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...
Autores principales: | Ikegame, Satoshi, Nakano, Takako, Otsuka, Junji, Yoshimi, Michihiro, Matsuo, Tatsushi, Kubota, Midori, Tao, Yoshiaki, Takata, Shohei |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
2017
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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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