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. 2004 Oct;42(10):4853-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4853-4855.2004.

Performance of the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen assay for diagnosis of pneumonia in children with underlying pulmonary diseases in the absence of acute pneumococcal infection

David Navarro  1 , Leonor García-Maset, Concepción Gimeno, Amparo Escribano, Juan García-de-Lomas; Spanish Pneumococcal Infection Study Network
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Performance of the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen assay for diagnosis of pneumonia in children with underlying pulmonary diseases in the absence of acute pneumococcal infection

David Navarro et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Oct.

Abstract

The performance of the Binax NOW immunochromatographic test for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in urine specimens from 103 children presenting underlying pulmonary diseases with no recent pneumococcal infection was assessed. Our data indicate that this assay is unlikely to be useful for discriminating between children with and without pneumococcal pneumonia.

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