Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults: Advice for High-Value Care From the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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  2016

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  Annals of Internal Medicine

• Publication date

  2016-03-15

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.7326/M15-1840PMID 26785402
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