Procalcitonin Predicts Response to Beta-Lactam Treatment in Hospitalized Children with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Antibiotic treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children remains mostly empirical because clinical and paraclinical findings poorly discriminate the principal causes of CAP. Fast response to beta-lactam treatment can be considered a proxy of pneumococcal aetiology. We aimed...

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Autori principali: Cohen, Jérémie F., Leis, Alexander, Lecarpentier, Thibault, Raymond, Josette, Gendrel, Dominique, Chalumeau, Martin
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2012
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355171/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22615848
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036927
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