Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 72, Issue 2 , Pages 119-124, February 2012

Diagnosis of pneumococcal empyema using immunochromatographic test on pleural fluid and serotype distribution in Korean children☆☆☆★

  • Joon-Ho Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea
    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • ,
  • So Hee Kim

      Affiliations

    • Anyang Sam Hospital, Manan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 430-733, Korea
    • ,
  • Jina Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-707, Korea
    • ,
  • Eun Hwa Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea
    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82-2-2072-3624; fax: +82-2-766-7283.
    • ,
  • Hoan Jong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea
    • Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea

Received 1 July 2011; accepted 30 September 2011. published online 14 November 2011.

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☆ Potential conflicts of interest: none reported.

☆☆ Presented in part at the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 12 September, 2010.

★ Financial support: This study was supported by the Health and Medical Technology R&D Program grant, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Seoul, Korea (A090501).

PII: S0732-8893(11)00412-3

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.09.025

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 72, Issue 2 , Pages 119-124, February 2012

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