Procalcitonin and pyuria-based algorithm reduces antibiotic use in urinary tract infections: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Drozdov, Daniel ^a,b   Schwarz, Stefanie ^a   Kutz, Alexander ^a   Grolimund, Eva ^a   Rast, Anna Christina ^a   Steiner, Deborah ^a   Regez, Katharina ^a   Schild, Ursula ^a   Guglielmetti, Merih ^a   Conca, Antoinette ^b   Reutlinger, Barbara ^b   Ottiger, Cornelia ^b   Buchkremer, Florian ^b   Haubitz, Sebastian ^a   Blum, Claudine ^a   Huber, Andreas ^b   Buergi, Ulrich ^b   Schuetz, Philipp ^a   Bock, Andreas ^b   Fux, Christoph Andreas ^b   Mueller, Beat ^a   Albrich, Werner Christian ^a,b,c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Biomarker; Procalcitonin; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; PROCALCITONIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PYURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOMARKERS; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PYURIA; SWITZERLAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84929176249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0347-y     Document Type: Article

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