Nasopharyngeal rapid diagnostic testing to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and individualize management of acute otitis media.

Thresia SebastianMohammad Usama ToseefMelanie KurtzHolly M Frost

Published in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2023)

The use of a nasopharyngeal RDT for AOM could be cost-effective and substantially reduce unnecessary antibiotic use. These iterative algorithms could be modified to guide management of AOM as pathogen epidemiology and resistance evolve.

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