title: Immediate availability of C-reactive protein and leukocyte count data influenced physicians' decisions to prescribe antimicrobial drugs for new outpatients with acute infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. yutakemu@interlink.or.jp
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kakoi
authors.forename: Haku
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kure
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tatsuguchi-Harada
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ebisawa
authors.forename: Morimitsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kure
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002097:C-Reactive Protein