Procalcitonin for diagnosis of infection and guide to antibiotic decisions: past, present and future

Procalcitonin as a Marker for the Detection of Bacteremia and Sepsis in the Emergency Department

(2011) Stefan Riedel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Antimicrobial stewardship for inpatient facilities

(2011) Christopher A. Ohl et al.   Journal of Hospital Medicine

Procalcitonin guidance for reduction of antibiotic use in low-risk outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia

(2011) WEI LONG et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Elevated procalcitonin predicts Gram-negative sepsis in haematological patients with febrile neutropenia

(2011) Irma Koivula et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Procalcitonin in 759 Patients Clinically Suspected of Infective Endocarditis

(2010) Jane B. Knudsen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Procalcitonin Levels Predict Bacteremia in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2010) Fabian Müller et al.   CHEST

Assessment of inflammatory markers in patients with community-acquired pneumonia — Influence of antimicrobial pre-treatment

(2010) Stefan Krüger et al.   CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA

Serum procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and white blood cell levels following hypothermia after cardiac arrest: a retrospective cohort study

(2010) Philipp Schuetz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Procalcitonin guidance and reduction of antibiotic use in acute respiratory tract infection

(2010) O. Burkhardt et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Prognostic value of procalcitonin in community-acquired pneumonia

(2010) P. Schuetz et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL

Procalcitonin for guidance of antibiotic therapy

(2010) Philipp Schuetz et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

The Value of Serum Procalcitonin Level for Differentiation of Infectious from Noninfectious Causes of Fever After Orthopaedic Surgery

(2010) Sabina Hunziker et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP) Induces Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP)-I and Procalcitonin (Pro-CT) Production in Human Adipocytes

(2010) Katharina Timper et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

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

Acute Pulmonary Embolism

(2010) Giancarlo Agnelli et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Predictive value of procalcitonin for bowel ischemia and necrosis in bowel obstruction

(2010) Haridimos Markogiannakis et al.   SURGERY

Guidance of antibiotic therapy with procalcitonin in lower respiratory tract infections: Insights into the ProHOSP study

(2010) Philipp Schuetz et al.   Virulence

Long-term stability of procalcitonin in frozen samples and comparison of Kryptor® and VIDAS® automated immunoassays

(2009) Philipp Schuetz et al.   CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Comparison of a New Procalcitonin Assay from Roche with the Established Method on the Brahms Kryptor

(2009) H. K. de Wolf et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Hospital and Societal Costs of Antimicrobial‐Resistant Infections in a Chicago Teaching Hospital: Implications for Antibiotic Stewardship

(2009) Rebecca R. Roberts et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

A Prospective Bicenter Study Investigating the Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin in Patients with Acute Appendicitis

(2009) M. Sand et al.   EUROPEAN SURGICAL RESEARCH

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

An evaluation of the utility of additional tests in the preoperative diagnostics of acute appendicitis

(2009) Ryszard Anielski et al.   LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

The value of procalcitonin at predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis and development of infected pancreatic necrosis: Systematic review

(2009) Reza Mofidi et al.   SURGERY

Risk Prediction With Procalcitonin and Clinical Rules in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2008) David T. Huang et al.   ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

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

Prognostic value of procalcitonin in Legionella pneumonia

(2008) J. Haeuptle et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Role of Procalcitonin in Febrile Neutropenic Patients: Review of the Literature

(2008) Y. Sakr et al.   INFECTION

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

Assessment of the Prognostic Value of Certain Acute-Phase Proteins and Procalcitonin in the Prognosis of Acute Pancreatitis

(2008) Anna Gurda-Duda et al.   PANCREAS

Use of Procalcitonin to Shorten Antibiotic Treatment Duration in Septic Patients

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

Procalcitonin predicts patients at low risk of death from community-acquired pneumonia across all CRB-65 classes

(2007) S. Kruger et al.   EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL