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The Randomized Controlled STRAWINSKI Trial: Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy after Stroke

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2017

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Lena Ulm, Sarah Hoffmann, Darius G. Nabavi, Marcella Hermans, Bruno‐Marcel Mackert, Frank A. Hamilton, Ingo Schmehl, Gerhard-Jan Jungehuelsing, Joan Montaner, Alejandro Bustamante,
Frontiers in Neurology

Abstract

PCTus-guided antibiotic therapy did not improve functional outcome at 3 months after severe ischemic stroke. PCT is a promising biomarker for early detection of pneumonia and sepsis in acute stroke patients.

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