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Procalcitonin-guided diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship revisited

Several controlled clinical studies have evaluated the potential of the infection biomarker procalcitonin (PCT) to improve the diagnostic work-up of patients with bacterial infections and its influence on decisions regarding antibiotic therapy. Most research has focused on lower respiratory tract in...

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Autores principales: Sager, Ramon, Kutz, Alexander, Mueller, Beat, Schuetz, Philipp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5259962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28114931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0795-7