Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Reduces Antibiotic Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in a United States Medical Center: Results of a Clinical Trial

BACKGROUND: European trials using procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic therapy for patients with lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) have demonstrated significant reductions in antibiotic use without increasing adverse outcomes. Few studies have examined PCT for LRTIs in the United States. M...

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Autores principales: Townsend, Jennifer, Adams, Victoria, Galiatsatos, Panagis, Pearse, David, Pantle, Hardin, Masterson, Mary, Kisuule, Flora, Jacob, Elsen, Kiruthi, Catherine, Ortiz, Paul, Agbanlog, Albert, Jurao, Robert, Stern, Sam, Nayak, Seema, Melgar, Michael, Sama, Jacob, Irwin, Jillian, Mazidi, Cyrus, Psoter, Kevin, McKenzie, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30619913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy327

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