Affiliation:
1. Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, University of Buffalo, and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Although the NOW test was originally introduced as a rapid pneumococcal antigen detection test for use with urine samples, it was successfully adapted to nasopharyngeal samples in the present study. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the test were 92.2, 97.7, 95.9, and 95.5%, respectively. These results demonstrate that nasopharyngeal colonization with
Streptococcus pneumoniae
can be documented within 15 min of sample collection.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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