Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 3 , Pages 397-403 , March 2010

Utility of pneumococcal urinary antigen detection in diagnosing exacerbations in COPD patients

  • Felipe Andreo

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital de Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    • Servei de Radiologia, Corporació Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Juan Ruiz-Manzano

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital de Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    • Servei de Radiologia, Corporació Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Cristina Prat

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
    • ,
  • Luis Lores

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital de Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Silvia Blanco

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
    • ,
  • Antoni Malet

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Radiologia, Corporació Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Xavier Gallardo

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Radiologia, Corporació Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • José Domínguez

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Servei de Microbiologia, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Servei de Microbiologia, Fundació Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +34 934978894; fax: +34 934978895.

Received 20 December 2008 ,Accepted 19 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.10.013

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 3 , Pages 397-403 , March 2010

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