Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use in primary care: The ultimate proof still ahead

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 717-718

  Damoiseaux, Roger A M J ^a  

^a De Hof Van Blom   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PLACEBO; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE SINUSITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SORE THROAT; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 65249088078     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.31     Document Type: Letter

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