Procalcitonin-guided antibiotics in severe sepsis

doi:10.1186/cc7124

Critical Care

Volume 12
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Procalcitonin-guided antibiotics in severe sepsis

Peter Simon¹, Eric B Milbrandt² and Lillian L Emlet²

¹Clinical Fellow, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

²Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Critical Care 2008, 12:309doi:10.1186/cc7124


Published:	4 December 2008

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Nobre V, Harbarth S, Graf JD, Rohner P, Pugin J: Use of procalcitonin to shorten antibiotic treatment duration in septic patients: a randomized trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008, 177: 498–505 [1].