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Overruling of Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotics for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care: Ancillary Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Background: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in primary care are a promising target for antibiotic stewardship. A clinical trial in Switzerland showed a large decrease in antibiotic prescriptions with procalcitonin guidance (cut-off < 0.25 µg/L) compared with usual care. However, one-th...
Autores principales: | Knüsli, José, Lhopitallier, Loïc, Kronenberg, Andreas, Meuwly, Jean-Yves, Opota, Onya, Perrenoud, Marc-Antoine, Page, Marie-Anne, Kain, Kevin C., Mamin, Aline, D’Acremont, Valérie, Senn, Nicolas, Mueller, Yolanda, Locatelli, Isabella, Boillat-Blanco, Noémie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9952660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36830288 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12020377 |
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