Antibiotic Discontinuation Rates Associated with Positive Respiratory Viral Panel and Low Procalcitonin Results in Proven or Suspected Respiratory Infections

INTRODUCTION: The differentiation of viral from bacterial pneumonia is important in determining whether antibiotics are appropriate for treatment of these infections. Advances in diagnostic technologies such as respiratory panels (RP) utilizing polymerase chain reactions to detect viruses and determ...

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Autores principales: Timbrook, Tristan, Maxam, Meshell, Bosso, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2015
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4575297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26342921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40121-015-0087-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4575297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26342921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40121-015-0087-5

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