Giichi Hashikita, Toshiyuki Yamaguti, Yoshimi Tachi, Etsuko Kishi, Toru Kawamura, Shun Takahashi, Yukie Arai, Sachie Koyama, Toshihumi Huruhata, Akira Itabashi, Yoko Oka, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Sigefumi Maesaki
We investigated the usefullness of Binax NOW urine antigen test, an immunochromatographic assay that binds any soluble Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen (C polysaccharide) for the diagnosis of penumoniae form September 2003 to March 2005. We used 372 samples form the patinets with pneumoniae diagnosed for blood or sputum cultuter or gram-stained sputum smear. Out of 24 culture positive specimens, Binax NOW urine antigen test, showed positive in 18 (75%) specimens. The sensitivity of sputum and blood culture was 71...
2005: JARMAM: Journal of the Association for Rapid Method and Automation in Microbiology