Pneumococcal urinary antigen positivity in healthy colonized children: is it age dependent?

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11130/13:10209719 RIV/00064211:_____/13:#0000233 RIV/75010330:_____/13:00010129
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-013-0405-4" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-013-0405-4</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-013-0405-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00508-013-0405-4</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Pneumococcal urinary antigen positivity in healthy colonized children: is it age dependent?
Original language description
Pneumococcal urinary antigen test is a valuable tool for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia and meningitis in adults. Its use in children is generally not accepted because of nonspecificity at this age. It is frequently positive in asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriers. The aim of our study was to assess the age limit from which the test is no longer positive in asymptomatic healthy carriers. A total of 197 children aged 36-83 months attending 9 day care centers in Prague were enrolled during February andMarch 2010. Nasopharyngeal swab specimens were collected from each participant and selectively cultivated. The presence of pneumococcal antigen in urine was detected by BinaxNOWA (R) S. pneumoniae kit. Streptococcus pneumoniae was cultivated in 53.3 % of healthy children with the highest colonization rate (59.3 %) in children aged 48-59 months. The most frequently colonizing serotypes were: 19F, 23F, 3, 19A, 6B and 4. The presence of pneumococcal antigen in urine decreased with age from
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EE - Microbiology, virology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/NS9643" target="_blank" >NS9643: The presence of sortase enzymes SrtB, SrtC and SrtD in clinical isolates of Streptocococcus pneumoniae and their role in the virulence and resistance to antimicrobials.</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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