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  • Title: Evaluation of Binax now Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test in children in a community with a high carriage rate of pneumococcus.
    Author: Adegbola RA, Obaro SK, Biney E, Greenwood BM.
    Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J; 2001 Jul; 20(7):718-9. PubMed ID: 11465850.
    Abstract:
    Pneumococcal antigen was present in urine from 49 of 102 well Gambian children. Eighty-nine of the 102 were nasopharyngeal carriers of pneumococci. The positive predictive value for carriage was 96%, and the negative predictive value was 22%. The test is not useful for predicting etiology of disease in populations with a high rate of nasopharyngeal carriage of pneumococci.
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