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Throat swabs in children with respiratory tract infection: associations with clinical presentation and potential targets for point-of-care testing
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Diagnostic uncertainty over respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in primary care contributes to over-prescribing of antibiotics and drives antibiotic resistance. If symptoms and signs predict respiratory tract microbiology, they could help clinicians target antibiotics to b...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28334924 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmw136 |