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748. The Impact of a Positive Respiratory Viral Panel Among Hospitalized Adult Patients with Negative Rapid Influenza Testing at an Academic Tertiary Care Facility: A-matched Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Multiplex nucleic acid amplification assays (NAATs) are increasingly used to evaluate respiratory illnesses. Viral diagnosis has the potential to change clinical management and, specifically, decrease antibiotic use. However, the assays are expensive, and their effect on clinical managem...

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Autores principales: Ciccone, Emily, Kinlaw, Alan, Chundi, Vahini, Miller, Melissa, Weber, David, Juliano, Jonathan, Jhaveri, Ravi, Willis, Zachary
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/PMC6255352/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.755