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
Editorial
. 2019 Jan 30;57(2):e00175-18.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00175-18. Print 2019 Feb.

Answer to February 2019 Photo Quiz

Cinzia Tavano  1   2 , Renée Pasciuta  3 , Silvia Carletti  3 , Cristina M Ossi  3 , Rossella Ieri  3 , Paola Cichero  3 , Nicola Clementi  2 , Roberto Burioni  2 , Massimo Clementi  3   2 , Nicasio Mancini  3   2
Affiliations
Editorial

Answer to February 2019 Photo Quiz

Cinzia Tavano et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae; blood culture; diagnostics; sepsis.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Martner A, Skovbjerg S, Paton JC, Wold AE. 2009. Streptococcus pneumoniae autolysis prevents phagocytosis and production of phagocyte-activating cytokines. Infect Immun 77:3826–3837. doi:10.1128/IAI.00290-09. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Mellroth P, Daniels R, Eberhardt A, Rönnlund D, Blom H, Widengren J, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B. 2012. LytA, major autolysin of Streptococcus pneumoniae, requires access to nascent peptidoglycan. J Biol Chem 287:11018–11029. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.318584. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Laijen W, Snijders D, Boersma WG. 2017. Pneumococcal urinary antigen test: diagnostic yield and impact on antibiotic treatment. Clin Respir J 11:999–1005. doi:10.1111/crj.12453. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Zalacain R, Capelastegui A, Ruiz LA, Bilbao A, Gomez A, Uranga A, España PP. 2014. Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in urine: diagnostic usefulness and impact on outcome of bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia in a large series of adult patients. Respirology 19:936–943. doi:10.1111/resp.12341. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Watanabe H, Uruma T, Tazaki G, Kikuchi R, Tsuji T, Itoh M. 2015. Clinical factors associated with negative urinary antigen tests implemented for the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia in adult patients. Med Princ Pract 24:189–194. doi:10.1159/000369931. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources