Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2014 Dec;52(12):4347-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01916-14. Epub 2014 Sep 24.

Ruling out false-positive urinary Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test results by heating urine

C Pontoizeau  1 , L Dangers  2 , V Jarlier  3 , C E Luyt  2 , E Guiller  4 , M H Fievet  4 , M Lecsö-Bornet  5 , A Aubry  3 , F Brossier  6
Affiliations
Case Reports

Ruling out false-positive urinary Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test results by heating urine

C Pontoizeau et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

We report here false-positive urinary Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test results due to rabbit antilymphocyte serum treatment and provide a simple and fast solution to rule them out by heating urine.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Wunderink RG, Waterer GW. 2014. Community-acquired pneumonia. N. Engl. J. Med. 370:543–551. 10.1056/NEJMcp1214869. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, Bartlett JG, Campbell GD, Dean NC, Dowell SF, File TM, Jr, Musher DM, Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG, Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Thoracic Society. 2007. Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society consensus guidelines on the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults. Clin. Infect. Dis. 44(Suppl 2):S27–S72. 10.1086/511159. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. American Thoracic Society, Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2005. Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 171:388–416. 10.1164/rccm.200405-644ST. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Murdoch DR, Laing RT, Mills GD, Karalus NC, Town GI, Mirrett S, Reller LB. 2001. Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in urine samples from adults with community-acquired pneumonia. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:3495–3498. 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3495-3498.2001. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Plouffe JF, File TM, Jr, Breiman RF, Hackman BA, Salstrom SJ, Marston BJ, Fields BS. 1995. Reevaluation of the definition of Legionnaires' disease: use of the urinary antigen assay. Community Based Pneumonia Incidence Study Group Clin. Infect. Dis. 20:1286–1291. 10.1093/clinids/20.5.1286. - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

Substances

LinkOut - more resources