TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of false-positive pneumococcal urinary antigen test in a bacteremic Streptococcus agalactiae infection
AU - Slotved, Hans-Christian
AU - Svaerke Jørgensen, Charlotte
AU - Melbardis Jørgensen, Kristina
AU - Fuursted, Kurt
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PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of disease requiring treatment and hospitalization (1,2). The standard procedure for confirming pneumococcal pneumonia is positive culture of S. pneumoniae from blood. However, it is estimated that only around 25% of cases are culture positive (1,2). Detection of pneumococcal antigens in urine is recommended as an alternative method, which is an rapid and easy test to perform (1). The most commonly used urinary pneumococcal antigen test in Denmark is ImmuView® (S. pneumoniae and L. pneumophila Urinary Antigen Test; SSI Diagnostica, Denmark) and BinaxNOW® (S. pneumoniae antigen card; Abott, Denmark).
AB - Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of disease requiring treatment and hospitalization (1,2). The standard procedure for confirming pneumococcal pneumonia is positive culture of S. pneumoniae from blood. However, it is estimated that only around 25% of cases are culture positive (1,2). Detection of pneumococcal antigens in urine is recommended as an alternative method, which is an rapid and easy test to perform (1). The most commonly used urinary pneumococcal antigen test in Denmark is ImmuView® (S. pneumoniae and L. pneumophila Urinary Antigen Test; SSI Diagnostica, Denmark) and BinaxNOW® (S. pneumoniae antigen card; Abott, Denmark).
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U2 - 10.1111/apm.13066
DO - 10.1111/apm.13066
M3 - Letter
C2 - 32564431
SN - 0903-4641
VL - 128
SP - 511
EP - 512
JO - APMIS - Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
JF - APMIS - Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
IS - 8
ER -