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Erratum to: Pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infections in adults: an observational case–control study in primary care in Belgium

BMC Family Practice volume 17, Article number: 25 (2016) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 27 May 2015

Due to a change in reagent affecting the performance of the Urinary Antigen Detection (UAD) assay, the positivity cut-off values of the assay had to be revised. A number of epidemiological studies have been affected by this change, including the original version of this article [1].

All samples of the study have been reanalysed and the impact on the study results can be found in the attached Excel sheet (Additional file 1):

  • Due to change in cut-off for serotype 5 and 14, there is one case of serotype 5 and of serotype 14 less.

  • The revision of the analysis showed 1 additional positive results for serotype 18C and for serotype 23 F

  • Overall the total number of positive UAD results has not changed.

Results of the assay are shown in the corrected Tables 3 and 4, included in this erratum.

Table 3 Cross-table of the results of the BinaxNOW and Urine Antigen Detection assaysa
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Table 4 Number and proportion of the serotypes in pneumococcal serious lower respiratory tract infections using the Urine Antigen Detection (UAD) assay
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  1. Flamaing J, De Backer W, Van Laethem Y, Heijmans S, Mignon A. Pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infections in adults: an observational case–control study in primary care in Belgium. BMC Fam Pract. 2015;16:66.

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  1. Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Hospitals of Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Johan Flamaing

  2. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Johan Flamaing

  3. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital and University of Antwerp, 10 Wilrijkstraat, B-2650, Edegem, Belgium

    Wilfried De Backer

  4. Department of Infectiology, University Hospital Saint-Pierre, 322 Rue Haute, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium

    Yves Van Laethem

  5. Clinical Research Network, Researchlink, 78 Stationstraat, B-1630, Linkebeek, Belgium

    Stéphane Heijmans

  6. Medical Affairs, Pfizer Vaccines, 17 Boulevard de la Plaine, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Annick Mignon

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The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12875-015-0282-1.

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Changes in UAD results. (XLSX 12 kb)

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Flamaing, J., De Backer, W., Van Laethem, Y. et al. Erratum to: Pneumococcal lower respiratory tract infections in adults: an observational case–control study in primary care in Belgium. BMC Fam Pract 17, 25 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0420-4

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