Evaluation of Binax NOW, an assay for the detection of pneumococcal antigen in urine samples, performed among pediatric patients
Dowell SF;Garman RL;Liu G;Levine OS;Yang YH;;
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2001Vol. 32pp. -
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sf2001clinicalevaluation
Abstract
In our evaluation of a new assay for the detection of pneumococcal antigen in urine (Binax NOW; Binax), the test result was no more likely to be positive among 88 children with radiographically confirmed pneumonia than among 198 control subjects; however, it was significantly more likely to be posit …