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Asymptomatic bacterisputia: Rethinking diagnostic stewardship in pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2021

Owen R. Albin*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jason M. Pogue
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lindsay A. Petty
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Keith S. Kaye
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Author for correspondence: Owen R. Albin, E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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