Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics for non-severe acute respiratory infections in Vietnamese primary health care: a randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections is common in primary health care, but distinguishing serious from self-limiting infections is difficult, particularly in low-resource settings. We assessed whether C-reactive protein point-of-care testing can safely redu...

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Autores principales: Do, Nga T T, Ta, Ngan T D, Tran, Ninh T H, Than, Hung M, Vu, Bich T N, Hoang, Long B, van Doorn, H Rogier, Vu, Dung T V, Cals, Jochen W L, Chandna, Arjun, Lubell, Yoel, Nadjm, Behzad, Thwaites, Guy, Wolbers, Marcel, Nguyen, Kinh V, Wertheim, Heiman F L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4985565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27495137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30142-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4985565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27495137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30142-5

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