Impact of Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Management on Antibiotic Exposure and Outcomes: Real-world Evidence

BACKGROUND: Delayed pathogen identification and nonspecific clinical findings make definitive decisions regarding antibiotics challenging. The stimuli of bacterial toxins and inflammation make procalcitonin (PCT) unique in its ability to differentiate bacterial infection from other causes of inflamm...

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Autor principal: Broyles, Michael R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Major Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29164170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx213

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29164170
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx213

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