Antibiotics for asthma attacks: masking uncertainty

The role for antibiotics in acute asthma has been historically overestimated [1]. From a mechanistic point of view, multiplex PCR testing and conventional microbiological techniques show that >50–80% of events are associated with viral infections, and less than 20% associated with evidence of bac...

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Auteurs principaux: Ramakrishnan, S, Couillard, S
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: European Respiratory Society 2021