Reduced Reliability of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a Biomarker of Bacterial Superinfection: Concerns about PCT-Driven Antibiotic Stewardship in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients—Results from a Retrospective Observational Study in Intensive Care Units

Background: The aim of this study was to assess whether procalcitonin levels is a diagnostic tool capable of accurately identifying sepsis and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) even in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Methods: In this retrospective, observational study, all critically ill COVID...

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Autores principales: Ceccarelli, Giancarlo, Alessandri, Francesco, Migliara, Giuseppe, Baccolini, Valentina, Giordano, Giovanni, Galardo, Gioacchino, Marzuillo, Carolina, De Vito, Corrado, Russo, Alessandro, Ciccozzi, Massimo, Villari, Paolo, Venditti, Mario, Mastroianni, Claudio M., Pugliese, Francesco, d’Ettorre, Gabriella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10573961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37834815
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196171

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10573961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37834815
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196171

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