Pneumococcal urinary antigen test use in diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia in seven Utah hospitals

The pneumocococcal urine antigen test increases specific microbiological diagnosis over conventional culture methods in pneumonia patients. Data are limited regarding its yield and effect on antibiotic prescribing among patients with community-onset pneumonia in clinical practice. We performed a sec...

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Autores principales: West, Devin M., McCauley, Lindsay M., Sorensen, Jeffrey S., Jephson, Al R., Dean, Nathan C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2016
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Original Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28053969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00011-2016

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28053969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00011-2016

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