Table 3.

Binax ICT results on blood culture broth specimens according to blood culture result

Binax ICT result	Thailand (N = 596)								Mali (N = 383)
	Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4		Group 1		Group 2		Group 3		Group 4
	All	< 5 years	All	< 5 years	All	< 5 years	All	< 5 years	All	< 5 years	All	< 5 years	All	< 5 years	All	< 5 years
Positive	27 (87)	1 (50)	5 (3)*	1 (11)	1 (0.5)	0 (0)	9 (4)	8 (4)	75 (100)	68 (100)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Negative	4 (13)	1 (50)	157 (97)	8 (89)	182 (99.5)	7 (100)	211 (96)	205 (96)	0 (0)	0 (0)	100 (100)	85 (100)	10 (100)	5 (100)	198 (100)	190 (100)
Total	31	2	162	9	183	7	220	213	75	68	100	85	10	5	198	190

ICT = immunochromatographic test.

Number (%) with positive or negative ICT result is shown by age and blood culture result.

^*All five negative controls with a positive ICT result had a Streptococcus species other than Streptococcus pneumoniae identified by culture (in Mali, none of the negative controls used to estimate specificity had blood cultures positive for non-pneumococcal streptococci).