Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections.
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Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Oct 12;10(10):CD007498. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007498.pub3.
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BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) comprise of a large and heterogeneous group of infections including bacterial, viral, and other aetiologies. ...Results were similar for different clinical settings and types of ARIs, thus supporting the use of procalc …
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) comprise of a large and heterogeneous group of infections including bacterial, viral, …