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94. Appropriate Urine Legionella Antigen Testing: A Step Towards Diagnostic Stewardship

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is a leading cause of sepsis and hospitalization. Infectious Diseases Society of America and American Thoracic Society (IDSA/ATS) published 2019 practice guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), recommending urinary antigen testing (UAT) for Legionella pneumophila (LP...

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Faran, Ahmed, Moeed, Velagapudi, Manasa, Bittner, Marvin J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7777448/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.139