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Impact of point-of-care testing for respiratory viruses on antibiotic use in adults with exacerbation of airways disease

BACKGROUND: The ResPOC study demonstrated that syndromic molecular point-of-care testing (POCT) for respiratory viruses was associated with early discontinuation of unnecessary antibiotics compared to routine clinical care. Subgroup analysis suggests these changes occur predominantly in patients wit...

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Autores principales: Brendish, Nathan J., Mills, Samuel, Ewings, Sean, Clark, Tristan W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31233809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2019.06.010