Procalcitonin Levels in Acute Respiratory Infection
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Can serum procalcitonin levels help interpret indeterminate chest radiographs in patients hospitalized with acute respiratory illness?
BACKGROUND Clinical diagnosis of pneumonia is difficult and chest radiographs often indeterminate, leading to incorrect diagnoses and antibiotic overuse. OBJECTIVE To determine if serum procalcitonin (ProCT) could assist in managing patients with respiratory illness and indeterminate radiographs. DESIGN Subjects were prospectively enrolled during 2 consecutive winters. SETTING A 520-bed h...
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Increasing worldwide development of antimicrobial resistance and the association of resistance development and antibiotic overuse make it necessary to seek strategies for safely reducing antibiotic use and selection pressure. In a first step, in a non-interventional study, the antibiotic prescription rates, initial procalcitonin (PCT) levels and outcome of 702 patients presenting with acute res...
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عنوان ژورنال: Viral Immunology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0882-8245,1557-8976
DOI: 10.1089/vim.2015.0106