Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy Tied to Improved Survival in Acute Respiratory Infection (FREE)

By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Andr é Sofair, MD, MPH For patients with acute respiratory tract infection, using procalcitonin levels to guide treatment decisions can reduce antibiotic use and improve survival, finds a meta-analysis in the Lancet Infectious Diseases. High procalcitonin levels can …
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