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Procalcitonin for diagnosis of infection and guide to antibiotic decisions: past, present and future
There are a number of limitations to using conventional diagnostic markers for patients with clinical suspicion of infection. As a consequence, unnecessary and prolonged exposure to antimicrobial agents adversely affect patient outcomes, while inappropriate antibiotic therapy increases antibiotic re...
Autores principales: | Schuetz, Philipp, Albrich, Werner, Mueller, Beat |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3186747/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21936959 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-9-107 |
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