The &quot;Choosing Wisely&quot;: initiative in infectious diseases.

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Abstract

"Choosing Wisely" is a growing international campaign aiming on practice changes to improve patient health through avoidance of unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Our objective was to give an overview on recommendations related to diagnostic and therapeutic issues in infectious diseases from the "Top Five" lists of different medical societies and countries.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Infection

Title: Infection

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

ISSN (Electronic): 1439-0973

ISSN (Print): 0300-8126

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2016

Volume: 44

Issue: 3

Affiliations

[1 ] First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50934, Cologne, Germany. norma.jung@uk-koeln.de.

[2 ] First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50934, Cologne, Germany.

[3 ] German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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Publisher Item ID: 10.1007/s15010-015-0848-9

DOI: 10.1007/s15010-015-0848-9

PubMed ID: 26464102

SO-VID: ccd9f290-4ef8-4885-9ea0-a537edb79d11

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Keywords: Overuse,Choosing Wisely campaign,Infectious diseases

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Keywords: Overuse, Choosing Wisely campaign, Infectious diseases

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