This may be my "favorite" result from the study.
Despite multiplex respiratory point-of-care testing changing WHICH patients got antibiotics -- in the testing arm, patients with an identified virus were less likely to get abx -- there was no difference in improvement in symptom severity.
Jeff Linder
A randomized trial found that rapid multiplex respiratory point-of-care testing did not reduce same-day antibiotic prescribing or worsen symptom severity for patients with respiratory infections in primary care. ja.ma/4frUOSL
