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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Median intervals from specimen collection to test result were 15 minutes [interquartile range (IQR) 10-23 minutes) for Quidel Influenza A+B POCT, 20 minutes (IQR 15-30 minutes) for BinaxNOW pneumococcal POCT, 50. 8 hours (IQR 44. 3-92. 6 hours) for semi-nested conventional PCR, 29. 2 hours (IQR 26-46. 9 hours) for real-time PCR, 629. 6 hours (IQR 262. 5-846. 7 hours) for culture of influenza and 84. 4 hours (IQR 70. 7-137. 8 hours) and 71. 4 hours (IQR 69. 15-84. 0 hours) for culture of S. pneumoniae in blood and sputum, respectively.