Counterimmunoelectrophoresis of urine for diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia in pediatric outpatients.
Thirty-eight pediatric outpatients with pneumonia were studied by counterimmunoelectrophoresis 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 less than 2 years of age than in older children. Urine counterimmunoelectrophoresis appears to be a useful tool for the etiologic diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia and should facilitate further studies of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical spectrum of this disease.
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000652:urine*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003378:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007223:Infant; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial