Introduction of a Practice Guideline for Penicillin Skin Testing Improves the Appropriateness of Antibiotic Therapy
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- 15 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 32 (12) , 1685-1690
- https://doi.org/10.1086/320752
Abstract
We hypothesized that the introduction of a practice guideline for penicillin skin testing would increase the appropriateness of skin testing and reduKeywords
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