Low procalcitonin, community acquired pneumonia, and antibiotic therapy - Authors' reply

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¹ Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: schuetzph@gmail.com.
² University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA.
³ Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland.

Comment

Philipp Schuetz et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 May.

. 2018 May;18(5):497-498.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30226-3.

¹ Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: schuetzph@gmail.com.
² University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA.
³ Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, CH-5001 Aarau, Switzerland; Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland.

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Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on mortality in acute respiratory infections: a patient level meta-analysis.
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Low procalcitonin, community acquired pneumonia, and antibiotic therapy.
Kamat IS, Ramachandran V, Eswaran H, Abers MS, Musher DM. Kamat IS, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 May;18(5):496-497. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30215-9. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018. PMID: 29695359 No abstract available.