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Relationship between microbiology of throat swab and clinical course among primary care patients with acute cough: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) account for most antibiotics prescribed in primary care despite lack of efficacy, partly due to clinician uncertainty about aetiology and patient concerns about illness course. Nucleic acid amplification tests could assist antibiotic targ...

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Autores principales: Ordóñez-Mena, José M, Fanshawe, Thomas R, Butler, Chris C, Mant, David, Longhurst, Denise, Muir, Peter, Vipond, Barry, Little, Paul, Moore, Michael, Stuart, Beth, Hay, Alastair D, Thornton, Hannah V, Thompson, Matthew J, Smith, Sue, Van den Bruel, Ann, Hardy, Victoria, Cheah, Laikin, Crook, Derrick, Knox, Kyle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31844897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmz093