Serum procalcitonin can guide antibiotic administration for respiratory tract infections in primary care

BMJ. 2016 Aug 5:354:i4245. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i4245.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacterial Infections / blood
  • Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data*
  • England
  • Humans
  • Primary Health Care*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / blood
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • Calcitonin