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Procalcitonin-guided antibiotics in severe sepsis

Peter Simon1, Eric B Milbrandt2 and Lillian L Emlet2

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

Assistant 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].


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