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Misdiagnosis Due to False-Positive Detection of Pneumococcal Urinary Antigen
INTRODUCTION: The detection of pneumococcal antigens in urine is an alternative to gram staining, and their culture is central to the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia. We present a case of the false-positive detection of urinary Streptococcus species pneumococcal antigen with a BinaxNOW test. Thi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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SMC Media Srl
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8900568/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35265559 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2022_003198 |