A pilot study of the use of near-patient C-Reactive Protein testing in the treatment of adult respiratory tract infections in one Irish general practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kavanagh, Kim E ^a,b,c   O'Shea, Eamonn ^b   Halloran, Rita ^b   Cantillon, Peter ^a,b   Murphy, Andrew W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Claddagh Medical Centre   (Ireland)

^c IRISH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052155935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-93     Document Type: Article

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