Pneumococcal urinary antigen test use in diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia in seven Utah hospitals

The pneumocococcal urine antigen test increases specific microbiological diagnosis over conventional culture methods in pneumonia patients. Data are limited regarding its yield and effect on antibiotic prescribing among patients with community-onset pneumonia in clinical practice. We performed a sec...

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Published in:ERJ Open Res
Main Authors: West, Devin M., McCauley, Lindsay M., Sorensen, Jeffrey S., Jephson, Al R., Dean, Nathan C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: European Respiratory Society 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152836/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28053969
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00011-2016
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