[Is procalcitonin determination for control of antibiotic therapy in acute respiratory infections of value?]

Praxis (Bern 1994). 2013 Mar 27;102(7):413-4. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a001241.
[Article in German]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Bacterial Infections / blood*
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Bacterial Infections / mortality
  • Biomarkers / blood*
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / blood
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / mortality
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / blood*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / mortality
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide