title: Urinary excretion of pneumococcal cell wall polysaccharide in children.
abstract: The urinary excretion of the cell wall polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae was studied in 92 children with the NOW test. Cell wall polysaccharide was detected in 65% of pneumococcal carriers and in 10% of noncarriers. Excretion rates were similar in healthy children and in children with acute otitis media. The high rate of antigen excretion among nonill carriers suggests that colonization is a major source of urinary antigen in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Faden
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heimerl
authors.forename: Chelikani
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winkelstein
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology / Q000652:urine*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000652:urine; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000652:urine*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000652:urine*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C102511:cell wall polysaccharide, Streptococcus