Procalcitonin guidance to reduce antibiotic treatment of lower respiratory tract infection in children and adolescents (ProPAED): a randomized controlled trial.

Antibiotics are overused in children and adolescents with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). Serum-procalcitonin (PCT) can be used to guide treatment when bacterial infection is suspected. Its role in pediatric LRTI is unclear.Between 01/2009 and 02/2010 we randomized previously healthy patie...

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Hauptverfasser:	Gurli Baer, Philipp Baumann, Michael Buettcher, Ulrich Heininger, Gerald Berthet, Juliane Schäfer, Heiner C Bucher, Daniel Trachsel, Jacques Schneider, Muriel Gambon, Diana Reppucci, Jessica M Bonhoeffer, Jody Stähelin-Massik, Philipp Schuetz, Beat Mueller, Gabor Szinnai, Urs B Schaad, Jan Bonhoeffer
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	PLoS ONE
Online-Zugang:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3735552?pdf=render
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