Table 2

Frequency of used antibiotics and length of therapy

Controls

PCT-guided antibiotic therapy

P

Antibiotic classes (%)

>0.05

Acylaminopenicillin + BLI

51.8

55.2

Acylaminopenicillin + nitroimidazole

19.6

15.5

Carbapenem

8.8

10.4

Aminobenzylpenicillin + BLI

5.4

6.9

Fluorochinolone

5.4

5.2

Cephalosporins of Group 3b

5.4

3.4

Others

3.6

3.4

Length of antibiotic therapy (days)

7.9 ± 0.5

5.9 ± 1.7

<0.001

BLI = β-lactamase inhibitor; PCT = procalcitonin. Mean ± standard deviation.

Hochreiter et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R83   doi:10.1186/cc7903