Procalcitonin Testingreduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Use in Bacterial Infection

Conventional diagnostic test have limitations to deferential diagnosis in clinical suspicion ofbacterial infection cases, that in some cases lead to inappropriate antibiotic therapy and increases antibiotic resistance. A new diagnostic insight is procalcitonin (PCT) test to improve diagnosis of bact...

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Main Authors: Attabak Toofani Milani, Mahshid Mohammadian, Sadegh Rostaminasab, Roghayeh Paribananaem, Zohre Ahmadi, Azim Akbarzadeh Khiyavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2019-04-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Environment and Cancer
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Online Access:http://www.waocp.com/journal/index.php/apjec/article/view/291