The BinaxNOW pneumococcal antigen test: An adjunct for diagnosis of pneumococcal bacteraemia

BACKGROUND: Culture remains the diagnostic standard for Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteraemia but is limited by time to identification, prior antibiotics and bacterial autolysis. Culture-independent methods for detecting S. pneumoniae include PCR and antigen tests. We evaluated an antigen test on blo...

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Autores principales: Tootla, Hafsah D., Bamford, Colleen, Centner, Chad M., Moodley, Clinton
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2021
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485501
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v36i1.244

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485501
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v36i1.244

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