1336. Impact of Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Management in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation and Community-Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are major drivers of antibiotic overuse, primarily due to challenges in pathogen identification. Procalcitonin is a serum biomarker that assists in distinguishing bacterial infection from oth...

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Autores principales: Triner, Molly, Patel, Sunita, Craft, Rachael, Rajkumar, Aarthi, Patel, Tejas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809209/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1200

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809209/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1200

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