Procalcitonin as marker for bacterial coinfection among adult COVID-19 patients in a tertiary-care hospital in the Philippines

Background: Antimicrobials are often given to patients with COVID-19 despite the absence of a bacterial coinfection. Procalcitonin (PCT), when elevated, often indicates the presence of a bacterial infection and is used to guide empiric antibiotic therapy. We sought to determine the utility of PCT an...

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Autores principales: Pesebre, Angelie Lorraine, Abad, Cybele Lara, Francisco, Jan Jorge, Ong, Justin Allister
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Covid-19
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614952/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.73

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614952/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.73

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