Things We Do for No Reason - Ordering Urinary Antigen in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Overview

Journal Open Forum Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2024 Mar 25

PMID 38524231

Authors

Matthew R Davis

Erin K McCreary

Alex M Trzebucki

Affiliations

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