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Assessment of a commercial rapid urinary antigen test to detect Streptococcus pneumoniae in patients who received 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

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Acknowledgment

We thank all staff in the outpatient clinics, mainly the nurses and the secretary, without whom this study would not have been possible. We are also grateful to the patients for their collaboration and willingness to participate in the study. The experiments conducted comply with the current laws of Spain. Authors declare they are not involved in any organization that has a direct financial interest in the subject of the work and no financial support was received from any organization with a possible financial interest in the subject matter

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  1. Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Clinic, C/ Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain

    E. García Vázquez & J. Mensa

  2. Microbiology Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

    M. A. Marcos

  3. Public Health Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

    A. Vilella & J. M. Bayas

  4. Immunology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

    J Yagüe

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Vázquez, E.G., Marcos, M.A., Vilella, A. et al. Assessment of a commercial rapid urinary antigen test to detect Streptococcus pneumoniae in patients who received 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23, 927–929 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-004-1251-0

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