Comment on

• Procalcitonin usefulness for the initiation of antibiotic treatment in intensive care unit patients.

  Layios N, Lambermont B, Canivet JL, Morimont P, Preiser JC, Garweg C, Ledoux D, Frippiat F, Piret S, Giot JB, Wiesen P, Meuris C, Massion P, Leonard P, Nys M, Lancellotti P, Chapelle JP, Damas P. Layios N, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012 Aug;40(8):2304-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318251517a. Crit Care Med. 2012. PMID: 22809906 Clinical Trial.
• Procalcitonin serum levels: only a useful variable or a must to start antibiotic therapy in the critically ill?

  Corona A, Colombo R, Raimondi F. Corona A, et al. Crit Care Med. 2013 Feb;41(2):e18-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182742d70. Crit Care Med. 2013. PMID: 23353971 No abstract available.