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The Impact of Respiratory Viral Testing in Hospitalized Adult Patients at a Tertiary Care Facility

BACKGROUND: The use of multiplex nucleic acid amplification assays to detect respiratory viruses is increasing. However, these tests are expensive, and the clinical significance of a positive result is often unclear. Positive viral results have the potential to decrease antibiotic use and length of...

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Autores principales: Ciccone, Emily, Chundi, Vahini, Miller, Melissa, DiBiase, Lauren, Weber, David, Juliano, Jonathan, Jhaveri, Ravi, Willis, Zachary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7107204/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1323