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Published in Primary Care

Journal Scan / Research · October 14, 2021

No Apparent Benefit to Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Children

The Lancet

 

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The Lancet
Antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infection in children presenting in primary care in England (ARTIC PC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Lancet 2021 Sep 22;[EPub Ahead of Print], P Little, NA Francis, B Stuart, G O'Reilly, N Thompson, T Becque, AD Hay, K Wang, M Sharland, A Harnden, G Yao, J Raftery, S Zhu, J Little, C Hookham, K Rowley, J Euden, K Harman, S Coenen, RC Read, C Woods, CC Butler, SN Faust, G Leydon, M Wan, K Hood, J Whitehurst, S Richards-Hall, P Smith, M Thomas, M Moore, T Verheij

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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