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

Schuetz, Philipp and Christ-Crain, Mirjam and Albrich, Werner and Zimmerli, Werner and Mueller, Beat and ProHosp Study Group, . (2010) Guidance of antibiotic therapy with procalcitonin in lower respiratory tract infections: insights into the ProHOSP study. Virulence, 1 (2). pp. 88-92.

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Abstract

In the recently published ProHOSP trial, we investigated the safety and external validity of procalcitonin (PCT) guidance for antibiotic therapy in patients with different severities of lower respiratory tract infections, mainly pneumonia. In this addendum, we aim to extend the initial report by reinforcing the rational of the PCT algorithm and by presenting more detailed data on antibiotic therapy in different severities of infection. In milder, mostly viral respiratory infections (i.e. acute or chronic bronchitis) initial prescription of antibiotics was markedly reduced by PCT guidance because PCT remained low in most patients. In pneumonia, PCT showed a severity-dependent increase and highest levels in patients with positive blood cultures. Thus, the main effect in pneumonia was a severity- and bacteremia-adapted reduction of the duration of antibiotic courses. In lower respiratory tract infections, PCT guidance had a differential effect on antibiotic exposure depending on the underlying type and severity of respiratory tract infection.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin Liestal (Zimmerli)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Allgemeine innere Medizin Liestal (Zimmerli)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Endokrinologie / Diabetologie > Endokrinologie (Christ-Crain)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Endokrinologie / Diabetologie > Endokrinologie (Christ-Crain)
UniBasel Contributors:Zimmerli, Werner and Christ-Crain, Mirjam and Müller, Beat
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Landes Bioscience
ISSN:2150-5594
e-ISSN:2150-5608
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Deposited On:19 Jul 2013 07:35

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