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Association between use of diagnostic tests and antibiotic prescribing for pharyngitis in the United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2020

Daniel J. Shapiro Open the ORCID record for Daniel J. Shapiro [Opens in a new window] ,
Laura M. King ,
Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra ,
Lauri A. Hicks  and
Adam L. Hersh
Daniel J. Shapiro*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Laura M. King
Affiliation:
Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra
Affiliation:
Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Lauri A. Hicks
Affiliation:
Office of Antibiotic Stewardship, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Adam L. Hersh
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
*
Author for correspondence: Daniel Shapiro, E-mail: daniel.shapiro@childrens.harvard.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , April 2020 , pp. 479 - 481
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