The Effect of Rapid Point-of-Care Respiratory Pathogen Testing on Antibiotic Prescriptions in Acute Infections-A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Ilari KuitunenMarjo RenkoPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
We found moderate-quality evidence that rapid point-of-care testing for respiratory pathogens does not decrease the antibiotic prescription rate.