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Clinical and haematological predictors of antibiotic prescribing for acute cough in adults in Swiss practices – an observational study

BACKGROUND: Acute cough is a common problem in general practice and is often caused by a self-limiting, viral infection. Nonetheless, antibiotics are often prescribed in this situation, which may lead to unnecessary side effects and, even worse, the development of antibiotic resistant microorganisms...

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Autores principales: Streit, Sven, Frey, Peter, Singer, Sarah, Bollag, Ueli, Meli, Damian N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4328046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25655784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-015-0226-9