Using procalcitonin to guide antibiotic therapy

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-10

  Rhee, Chanu ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Biomarkers; Procalcitonin; Respiratory infections; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROCALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

EID: 85014114716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oid/ofw249     Document Type: Article

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