Hot topics on procalcitonin use in clinical practice, can it help antibiotic stewardship?

Affiliations

¹ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, UK. Electronic address: kordosaeed@nhs.net.
² Emergency Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
³ Swedish Covenant Hospital, Finch University Health Sciences/ The Chicago Medical School, USA.
⁴ GREPI EA 7408 University of Grenoble-Alpes, and Geriatric department, University Hospital of Grenoble-Alpes, France.
⁵ Intensive Care Department. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Barcelona, Spain & Shock, Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group. Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Spain.
⁶ CHIP & PERSIMUNE, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Section for Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark.
⁷ University of Pécs, Emergency Department, Pécs, Hungary.
⁸ Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
⁹ Semmelweis University, Department of Transplant Surgery, Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁰ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
¹¹ Johns Hopkins University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, USA.
¹² Kantonsspital Aarau, Internal Medicine, Aarau, Switzerland; University of Basel, Switzerland.

Editorial

Kordo Saeed et al. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;54(6):686-696.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.07.016. Epub 2019 Jul 29.

¹ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, UK. Electronic address: kordosaeed@nhs.net.
² Emergency Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IdISSC), Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
³ Swedish Covenant Hospital, Finch University Health Sciences/ The Chicago Medical School, USA.
⁴ GREPI EA 7408 University of Grenoble-Alpes, and Geriatric department, University Hospital of Grenoble-Alpes, France.
⁵ Intensive Care Department. Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Barcelona, Spain & Shock, Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group. Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research, Spain.
⁶ CHIP & PERSIMUNE, Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Section for Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark.
⁷ University of Pécs, Emergency Department, Pécs, Hungary.
⁸ Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
⁹ Semmelweis University, Department of Transplant Surgery, Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁰ Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
¹¹ Johns Hopkins University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, USA.
¹² Kantonsspital Aarau, Internal Medicine, Aarau, Switzerland; University of Basel, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Procalcitonin; elderly care and biomarkers; meningitis; pancreatitis; urinary tract infection.

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