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731. Investigating Clinical Factors Contributing to Continued Antibiotic Therapy in Patients with Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

BACKGROUND: It has previously been demonstrated that upwards of 50% of patients presenting to Emergency Departments with symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection receive empirical antibiotics, and that even with a demonstrated viral infection, 70% of these patients are continued on antibioti...

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Autores principales: Lawandi, Alexander, Frenette, Charles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255304/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.738