Procalcitonin measurements for guiding antibiotic treatment in pediatric pneumonia

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1939-1945

  Esposito, Susanna ^a   Tagliabue, Claudia ^a   Picciolli, Irene ^a   Semino, Margherita ^a   Sabatini, Caterina ^a   Consolo, Silvia ^a   Bosis, Samantha ^a   Pinzani, Raffaella ^a   Principi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Antibiotics; Children; Community acquired pneumonia; Pediatrics; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROCALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81155155586     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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