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Following in Real Time the Impact of Pneumococcal Virulence Factors in an Acute Mouse Pneumonia Model Using Bioluminescent Bacteria
Published on: February 23, 2014
Upper respiratory tract infections
Abstract:
The routine, easiest-to-treat URI PTEs utilized 1.1 office visits during the course of a PTE. This patient group also received 0.05 tests, 0.66 laboratory and pathology services, and 0.05 medical/surgical procedures during the course of a PTE averaging 9.6 days in length. The major cost driver for URI PTEs was physician visits. Approximately 62% of URI PTEs produced a claim for prescription drug therapy. Overall, URI patients were treated with 1.3 prescriptions per PTE. Thirty-two percent of all PTEs received one-drug group and 17.5% received two-drug group treatments. Amoxicillin was the most commonly used drug for these patients.
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