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Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test using positive blood culture bottles as an alternative method to diagnose pneumococcal bacteremia.

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Petti, CA; Woods, CW; Reller, LB
Published in: J Clin Microbiol
May 2005

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 pneumococcal antigen in these bottles. Use of the S. pneumoniae antigen test is an alternative method for identifying S. pneumoniae from positive blood culture bottles and may enable a diagnosis of pneumococcal bacteremia despite negative subcultures.

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J Clin Microbiol

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ISSN

0095-1137

Publication Date

May 2005

Volume

43

Issue

5

Start / End Page

2510 / 2512

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Pneumococcal Infections
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Blood Specimen Collection
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Bacteremia
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Petti, C. A., Woods, C. W., & Reller, L. B. (2005). Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test using positive blood culture bottles as an alternative method to diagnose pneumococcal bacteremia. J Clin Microbiol, 43(5), 2510–2512. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.5.2510-2512.2005
Petti, Cathy A., Christopher W. Woods, and L Barth Reller. “Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test using positive blood culture bottles as an alternative method to diagnose pneumococcal bacteremia.J Clin Microbiol 43, no. 5 (May 2005): 2510–12. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.5.2510-2512.2005.
Petti, Cathy A., et al. “Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test using positive blood culture bottles as an alternative method to diagnose pneumococcal bacteremia.J Clin Microbiol, vol. 43, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 2510–12. Pubmed, doi:10.1128/JCM.43.5.2510-2512.2005.

Published In

J Clin Microbiol

DOI

ISSN

0095-1137

Publication Date

May 2005

Volume

43

Issue

5

Start / End Page

2510 / 2512

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Pneumococcal Infections
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Blood Specimen Collection
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • Bacteremia
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • 3207 Medical microbiology
  • 3202 Clinical sciences