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Kathryn Bakkum1,2, Jonathan Pelletier3,2, Prabi Rajbhandari1,4,2

  • 1Divisions of Hospital Medicine.

Hospital pediatrics
|September 18, 2024
PubMed
概括

从2016年到2022年,支气管炎的前素 (PCT) 测试增加了14倍. 然而,PCT使用量的增加与儿科患者抗生素处方减少无关.

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