Procalcitonin use for shorter courses of antibiotic therapy in suspected early-onset neonatal sepsis: are we getting there?

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Despoina Gkentzi et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;9(12):4899-4902.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.80.

¹ Department of Paediatrics, University General Hospital of Patras, Medical School University of Patras, Patras, Greece.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Procalcitonin-guided decision making for duration of antibiotic therapy in neonates with suspected early-onset sepsis: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (NeoPIns).
Stocker M, van Herk W, El Helou S, Dutta S, Fontana MS, Schuerman FABA, van den Tooren-de Groot RK, Wieringa JW, Janota J, van der Meer-Kappelle LH, Moonen R, Sie SD, de Vries E, Donker AE, Zimmerman U, Schlapbach LJ, de Mol AC, Hoffman-Haringsma A, Roy M, Tomaske M, Kornelisse RF, van Gijsel J, Visser EG, Willemsen SP, van Rossum AMC; NeoPInS Study Group. Stocker M, et al. Lancet. 2017 Aug 26;390(10097):871-881. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31444-7. Epub 2017 Jul 12. Lancet. 2017. PMID: 28711318 Clinical Trial.

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