Abstract
The urinary excretion of the cell wall polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae was studied in 92 children with the NOW test. Cell wall polysaccharide was detected in 65% of pneumococcal carriers and in 10% of noncarriers. Excretion rates were similar in healthy children and in children with acute otitis media. The high rate of antigen excretion among nonill carriers suggests that colonization is a major source of urinary antigen in children.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 791-793 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2002 |
Keywords
- Antigen detection
- Cell wall polysaccharide
- Nasopharyngeal colonization
- Otitis media
- Pneumococcus
- Pneumonia
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
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