Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong.
Abstract
Rapid diagnosis of respiratory viral infections in children resulted in significantly reduced hospital stays, antibiotic use, and laboratory utilization compared with those of a matched group of patients from the previous year who were diagnosed by virus culture. We demonstrate that rapid diagnosis of respiratory infections in children is a cost-effective procedure.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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