A prospective study of urinary pneumococcal antigen detection in healthy Karen mothers with high rates of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage

Background: Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae C-polysaccharide in urine is a useful rapid diagnostic test for pneumococcal infections in adults. In young children, high rates of false positive results have been documented due to detection of concurrent nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage. The r...

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Main Authors: Paul Turner, Claudia Turner, Napaphat Kaewcharernnet, Naw Y. Mon, David Goldblatt, François Nosten
Other Authors: Shoklo Malaria Research Unit
Format: Article
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/12535
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Institution: Mahidol University