Effect of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing on antibiotic prescription in febrile patients attending primary care in Thailand and Myanmar: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial

Thomas Althaus; Rachel C Greer; Myo Maung Maung Swe; Joshua Cohen; Ni Ni Tun; James Heaton; Supalert Nedsuwan; Daranee Intralawan; Nithima Sumpradit; Sabine Dittrich; Zoë Doran; Naomi Waithira; Hlaing Myat Thu; Han Win; Janjira Thaipadungpanit; Prapaporn Srilohasin; Mavuto Mukaka; Pieter W Smit; Ern Nutcha Charoenboon; Marco Johannes Haenssgen; Tri Wangrangsimakul; Stuart Blacksell; Direk Limmathurotsakul; Nicholas Day; Frank Smithuis; Yoel Lubell

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30444-3

Effect of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing on antibiotic prescription in febrile patients attending primary care in Thailand and Myanmar: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial

Thomas Althaus
, Rachel C Greer
, Myo Maung Maung Swe
, Joshua Cohen
, Ni Ni Tun
, James Heaton
, Supalert Nedsuwan
, Daranee Intralawan
, Nithima Sumpradit
, Sabine Dittrich
, Zoë Doran
, Naomi Waithira
, Hlaing Myat Thu
, Han Win
, Janjira Thaipadungpanit
, Prapaporn Srilohasin
, Mavuto Mukaka
, Pieter W Smit
, Ern Nutcha Charoenboon
, Marco Johannes Haenssgen

Tri Wangrangsimakul, Stuart Blacksell, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Nicholas Day, Frank Smithuis, Yoel Lubell

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e119-e131
Journal	The Lancet Global Health
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30444-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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Althaus, T., Greer, R. C., Swe, M. M. M., Cohen, J., Tun, N. N., Heaton, J., Nedsuwan, S., Intralawan, D., Sumpradit, N., Dittrich, S., Doran, Z., Waithira, N., Thu, H. M., Win, H., Thaipadungpanit, J., Srilohasin, P., Mukaka, M., Smit, P. W., Charoenboon, E. N., ... Lubell, Y. (2019). Effect of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing on antibiotic prescription in febrile patients attending primary care in Thailand and Myanmar: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health, 7(1), e119-e131. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30444-3

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Effect of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing on antibiotic prescription in febrile patients attending primary care in Thailand and Myanmar: an open-label, randomised, controlled trial. / Althaus, Thomas; Greer, Rachel C; Swe, Myo Maung Maung et al.
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