Is a Single Initial Procalcitonin Test Sufficient in Septic, Critically Ill Patients to Minimize Antibiotic Use?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, the Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Department of Intensive Care Medicine, VU University, Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• ³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
• ⁴ Department of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
• ⁵ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.