Effect of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing on antibiotic prescription in febrile patients attending primary care in Thailand and Myanmar: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial

BACKGROUND: In southeast Asia, antibiotic prescription in febrile patients attending primary care is common, and a probable contributor to the high burden of antimicrobial resistance. The objective of this trial was to explore whether C-reactive protein (CRP) testing at point of care could rationali...

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Autores principales: Althaus, Thomas, Greer, Rachel C, Swe, Myo Maung Maung, Cohen, Joshua, Tun, Ni Ni, Heaton, James, Nedsuwan, Supalert, Intralawan, Daranee, Sumpradit, Nithima, Dittrich, Sabine, Doran, Zoë, Waithira, Naomi, Thu, Hlaing Myat, Win, Han, Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Srilohasin, Prapaporn, Mukaka, Mavuto, Smit, Pieter W, Charoenboon, Ern Nutcha, Haenssgen, Marco Johannes, Wangrangsimakul, Tri, Blacksell, Stuart, Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Day, Nicholas, Smithuis, Frank, Lubell, Yoel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30554748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30444-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30554748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30444-3

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