Use of procalcitonin as a tool for antibiotic stewardship

Future Microbiol. 2019 Jan:14:77-79. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0326. Epub 2019 Jan 15.
No abstract available

Keywords: acute infections; antimicrobial stewardship; intensive care unit; procalcitonin; sepsis.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship / methods*
  • Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Biomarkers / blood*
  • Communicable Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Procalcitonin / blood*
  • Sepsis / diagnosis
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Virus Diseases / diagnosis

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • Procalcitonin