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infections continue to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in low-and middle-income countries. Differentiating from viridans group streptococci is essential to ensure appropriate antibiotic therapy. Conventional microbial identification tests can often misidentify the two groups. We used a common pneumococcal urinary antigen test to identify that were misidentified by the VITEK 2. The performance of the test was similar to the pneumococcal latex agglutination test.
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