Predicting the presence of bacterial pathogens in the airways of primary care patients with acute cough
<p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Bacterial testing of all patients who present with acute cough is not feasible in primary care. Furthermore, the extent to which easily obtainable clinical information predicts bacterial infection is unknown. We evaluated the diagnostic value of clin...
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Canadian Medical Association
2017
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