id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentences	flesch	summary	cache	txt
cord-349775-zwslhjju	Brittain-Long, Robin	Access to a polymerase chain reaction assay method targeting 13 respiratory viruses can reduce antibiotics: a randomised, controlled trial	2011-04-26		.txt	text/plain	4612	218	45	The objective of this study was to evaluate whether access to a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay panel for etiologic diagnosis of acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) would have an impact on antibiotic prescription rate in primary care clinical settings. Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) represent a major global health burden [1] , and viruses cause a large proportion of ARTIs. Distinguishing bacterial ARTIs that require antibiotic treatment from viral ARTIs not needing an antibiotic prescription can be difficult on clinical grounds alone and causes unnecessary use of antibiotics, with the highest rates occurring in the primary care setting [2, 3] . The present study was designed to evaluate whether access to a multiplex RT-PCR method targeting thirteen viruses would have an impact on antibiotic prescription rates for ARTI in a primary care setting.	./cache/cord-349775-zwslhjju.txt	./txt/cord-349775-zwslhjju.txt