Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test using positive blood culture bottles as an alternative method to diagnose pneumococcal bacteremia
Petti CA;Woods CW;Reller LB;;
Journal of clinical microbiology2005Vol. 43pp. -
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ca2005journalstreptococcus
Abstract
Recovery of Streptococcus pneumoniae from positive blood culture bottles may be difficult due to autolysis of pneumococci. Therefore, we evaluated the performance of the Binax NOW S. pneumoniae antigen test with samples from positive blood culture bottles and defined the duration of detectable pneum …