Counter-immunoelectrophoresis of urine for diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia in pediatric outpatients

Thirty-eight pediatric outpatients with pneumonia were studied by counter-immunoelectrophoresis for the presence of Haemophilus influenzae type b or pneumococcal antigenuria. Of the 38 patients eight (21%) had H. influenzae type b antigenuria and two (5%) had pneumococcal antigenuria. H. influenzae...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 1983-01, Vol.71 (5), p.780-783
Main Authors: Turner, R B, Hayden, F G, Hendley, JO
Format: Article
Language:English
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Haemophilus influenzae
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Summary:Thirty-eight pediatric outpatients with pneumonia were studied by counter-immunoelectrophoresis for the presence of Haemophilus influenzae type b or pneumococcal antigenuria. Of the 38 patients eight (21%) had H. influenzae type b antigenuria and two (5%) had pneumococcal antigenuria. H. influenzae type b antigenuria was detected more frequently in patients
ISSN:0031-4005