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Does diagnostic testing always decrease antibiotics prescriptions?

BACKGROUND: Empiric prescription to treat infectious diseases in community care settings has caused antibiotics to be overprescribed, increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). To reduce antibiotics prescription, the use of point-of-care diagnostic testing (POCT) has been suggested. METHODS: We pres...

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Autores principales: Antoñanzas, F., Juárez-Castelló, C. A., Rodríguez-Ibeas, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10198875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35921019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10198-022-01488-0