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Table 4

From: New Pneumococcal Diagnostics---further ahead or more confused?

Positive tests

Supportive positive tests for pneumococcal aetiology

 

Uni-Goldâ„¢

BinaxNOW®

BC

BC and/or AC

No support

Uni-GoldTM (n= 33)

NR

28

12

15

4

BinaxNOW® (n = 31)

28

NR

11

14

3

  1. BC, blood culture; AC, airway culture: endotracheal secretion, sputum, nasopharyngeal secretion; NR, not relevant.
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