S. pneumoniae Urinary Antigen Test, the first and only self-contained urine test for streptococcal pneumonia, doctors can now accurately diagnose the disease in only 15 minutes and prescribe the right medication before the patient leaves the office.
Streptococcal pneumonia requires immediate and proper treatment with targeted antibiotics.
Until now, however, doctors often prescribed antibiotics without testing for the disease or they had to wait more than a week for test results that were often inaccurate. Then, they can select the best antibiotics and prescribe them right away. Targeted antibiotics are also cheaper than the broad spectrum antibiotics. Parents often demand antibiotics because they want to 'do something fast' to help their child feel better. But, antibiotics do nothing to cure viral pneumonia, and may result in an increase of resistant bacteria that can reduce the child's ability to fight back with an antibiotic the next time a bacterial infection sets in.