Procalcitonin-guided algorithm to reduce length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

Effectiveness and Safety of Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in “Real Life”

(2012) Frank Dusemund   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Procalcitonin to Guide Initiation and Duration of Antibiotic Treatment in Acute Respiratory Infections: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis

(2012) Philipp Schuetz et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effect of Empirical Treatment With Moxifloxacin and Meropenem vs Meropenem on Sepsis-Related Organ Dysfunction in Patients With Severe Sepsis

(2012) Frank M. Brunkhorst   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Strategies for Reduction in Duration of Antibiotic Use in Hospitalized Patients

(2011) Y. Hayashi et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Procalcitonin for reduced antibiotic exposure in the critical care setting: A systematic review and an economic evaluation*

(2011) Daren K. Heyland et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Procalcitonin-guided interventions against infections to increase early appropriate antibiotics and improve survival in the intensive care unit: A randomized trial*

(2011) Jens U. Jensen et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Decreasing Mortality in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Patients by Implementing a Sepsis Bundle in a Hospital Setting

(2011) Sandra Christina Pereira Lima Shiramizo et al.   PLoS One

Procalcitonin-guided algorithms of antibiotic therapy in the intensive care unit: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

(2010) Petros Kopterides et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Use of procalcitonin to reduce patients' exposure to antibiotics in intensive care units (PRORATA trial): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

(2010) Lila Bouadma et al.   LANCET

Antibiotic treatment interruption of suspected lower respiratory tract infections based on a single procalcitonin measurement at hospital admission—a randomized trial

(2009) K.B. Kristoffersen et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Effectiveness of a procalcitonin algorithm to guide antibiotic therapy in respiratory tract infections outside of study conditions: a post-study survey

(2009) P. Schuetz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Procalcitonin for reduced antibiotic exposure in ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomised study

(2009) D. Stolz et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Effect of Procalcitonin-Guided Treatment in Patients with Infections: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2009) H. Tang et al.   INFECTION

Effect of Procalcitonin-Based Guidelines vs Standard Guidelines on Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

(2009) Philipp Schuetz et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Use vs a Standard Approach for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care

(2008) Matthias Briel et al.   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

The Maxwell Finland Lecture: For the Duration-- Rational Antibiotic Administration in an Era of Antimicrobial Resistance and Clostridium difficile

(2008) L. B. Rice   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Practice and perception—A nationwide survey of therapy habits in sepsis*

(2008) Frank M. Brunkhorst et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Correlation between case mix index and antibiotic use in hospitals

(2008) S. P. Kuster et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Federal Funding for the Study of Antimicrobial Resistance in Nosocomial Pathogens: No ESKAPE

(2008) Louis B. Rice   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided algorithm reduces length of antibiotic treatment in surgical intensive care patients with severe sepsis: results of a prospective randomized study

(2008) S. Schroeder et al.   LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Intensive Insulin Therapy and Pentastarch Resuscitation in Severe Sepsis

(2008) Frank M. Brunkhorst et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Use of Procalcitonin to Shorten Antibiotic Treatment Duration in Septic Patients

(2007) Vandack Nobre et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

The Epidemic of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections: A Call to Action for the Medical Community from the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2007) B. Spellberg et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES