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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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Autores principales: Thornton, Hannah V, Hay, Alastair D, Redmond, Niamh M, Turnbull, Sophie L, Christensen, Hannah, Peters, Tim J, Leeming, John P, Lovering, Andrew, Vipond, Barry, Muir, Peter, Blair, Peter S
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/PMC7108458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28334924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmw136