Access to a polymerase chain reaction assay method targeting 13 respiratory viruses can reduce antibiotics: A randomised, controlled trial

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Brittain Long, Robin ^a   Westin, Johan ^a   Olofsson, Sigvard ^a   Lindh, Magnus ^a   Andersson, Lars Magnus ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NOSE SMEAR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; DRUG UTILIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCRIPTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 79955101334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-44     Document Type: Article

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