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Influence of procalcitonin on decision to start antibiotic treatment in patients with a lower respiratory tract infection: insight from the observational multicentric ProREAL surveillance

Frank Dusemund, Birgit Bucher, Stefan Meyer, Robert V. Thomann, Félix P. Kuhn, Stefano Bassetti, Martin Sprenger, Esther Baechli, Thomas Sigrist, M. Schwietert,

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 18 citations · 26 references

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The Relationship between Antimicrobial Resistance and Patient Outcomes: Mortality, Length of Hospital Stay, and Health Care Costs

Sara E. Cosgrove · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Use of procalcitonin to reduce patients' exposure to antibiotics in intensive care units (PRORATA trial): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Lila Bouadma, Charles‐Édouard Luyt, Florence Tubach et al. · The Lancet · 2010 · 1.2K citations

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Effect of procalcitonin-guided treatment on antibiotic use and outcome in lower respiratory tract infections: cluster-randomised, single-blinded intervention trial

Mirjam Christ‐Crain, Daiana Jaccard-Stolz, Roland Bingisser et al. · The Lancet · 2004 · 1.1K citations

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Effect of Procalcitonin-Based Guidelines vs Standard Guidelines on Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Philipp Schüetz, Mirjam Christ‐Crain, Robert V. Thomann et al. · JAMA · 2009 · 954 citations

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Procalcitonin Guidance of Antibiotic Therapy in Community-acquired Pneumonia

Mirjam Christ‐Crain, Daiana Stolz, Roland Bingisser et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2006 · 884 citations

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