Better tests also in primary care

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1487-1488

  Llor, Carl ^a   Butler, Christopher C ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LETTER; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84899892614     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu079     Document Type: Letter

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