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Using Procalcitonin to Guide Antibiotic Escalation in Patients With Suspected Bacterial Infection: A New Application of Procalcitonin in the Intensive Care Unit
BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) is efficient in reducing antibiotic usage without increasing complications for its sensitivity and specificity in detecting bacterial infection. However, its role in guiding antibiotic-spectrum escalation has not been studied. This study was performed to validate the...
Autores principales: | Wang, Xu, Long, Yun, Su, Longxiang, Zhang, Qing, Shan, Guangliang, He, Huaiwu |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8964283/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35360102 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.844134 |
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