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Respiratory infections for which general practitioners consider prescribing an antibiotic: a prospective study
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Objective: To determine the viral aetiology of respiratory infections in children presenting to primary care with "more than a simple cold". Design: Observational study in 18 Oxfordshire general practices over four winters (2000-01) to 2003-04). Patients: 425 children aged 6 months to 12 years with cough and fever for whom general practitioners considered prescribing an antibiotic. Methods: Nasopharyngeal aspirate obtained from 408 (96%) children was subjected to PCR for respiratory viruses. ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Medical Research Council
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Archives of Disease in Childhood Journal website
- Volume:
- 92
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 594-597
- Publication date:
- 2007-07-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1468-2044
- ISSN:
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0003-6888
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:3312
- Deposit date:
- 2010-02-08
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- Copyright holder:
- A Harnden et al
- Copyright date:
- 2007
- Notes:
- The full-text of this article is not available in ORA, but you may be able to access the article via the publisher copy link on this record page. Citation: Harnden, A. et al. (2007). 'Respiratory infections for which general practitioners consider prescribing an antibiotic: a prospective study', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 92(7), 594-597. The definitive copyedited, typeset version of the article is available online at: http://adc.bmj.com/
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