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. 2001 Jul;20(7):718-9.
doi: 10.1097/00006454-200107000-00018.

Evaluation of Binax now Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test in children in a community with a high carriage rate of pneumococcus

R A Adegbola  1 , S K Obaro, E Biney, B M Greenwood
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Evaluation of Binax now Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test in children in a community with a high carriage rate of pneumococcus

R A Adegbola et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Jul.

Abstract

Pneumococcal antigen was present in urine from 49 of 102 well Gambian children. Eighty-nine of the 102 were nasopharyngeal carriers of pneumococci. The positive predictive value for carriage was 96%, and the negative predictive value was 22%. The test is not useful for predicting etiology of disease in populations with a high rate of nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci.

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