148. Antibiotic duration for lower respiratory tract infections with and without procalcitonin monitoring: a propensity score matched cohort across an integrated healthcare network

BACKGROUND: Clinical trials have shown that procalcitonin (PCT) testing is efficacious in reducing antibiotic duration, but it is not known whether the test is also effective in routine clinical practice. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether PCT use in patients with lower respiratory tract...

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Autores principales: Livorsi, Daniel J, Heren, Jamie, Alexander, Bruce, Lund, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10677656/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.221

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