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The role of appropriate diagnostic testing in acute respiratory tract infections: An antibiotic stewardship strategy to minimise diagnostic uncertainty in primary care
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Adrian John Brink, Ampath National Laboratory Services, Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Johan van Wyk, Ampath National Laboratory Services, Cape Town, South Africa
V M Moodley, Ampath National Laboratory Services, Cape Town, South Africa
Craig Corcoran, Department of Molecular Biology, Ampath National Reference Laboratory, Centurion, South Africa
Pieter Ekermans, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ampath National Reference Laboratory, Centurion, South Africa
Louise Nutt, Ampath National Laboratory Services, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Tom Boyles, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Olga Perovic, Centre for Opportunistic, Tropical and Hospital Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Charles Feldman, Division of Pulmonology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Guy Richards, Department of Critical Care, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Marc Mendelson, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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