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Procalcitonin to Guide Initiation and Duration of Antibiotic Treatment in Acute Respiratory Infections: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

Background. Procalcitonin algorithms may reduce antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs). We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess safety of this approach in different ARI diagnoses and different clinical settings. Methods. We identified clinical trials in...

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Autores principales: Schuetz, Philipp, Briel, Matthias, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, Stolz, Daiana, Bouadma, Lila, Wolff, Michel, Luyt, Charles-Edouard, Chastre, Jean, Tubach, Florence, Kristoffersen, Kristina B., Wei, Long, Burkhardt, Olaf, Welte, Tobias, Schroeder, Stefan, Nobre, Vandack, Tamm, Michael, Bhatnagar, Neera, Bucher, Heiner C., Mueller, Beat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3412690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22573847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis464