Procalcitonin predicts response to beta-lactam treatment in hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia.

Procalcitonin predicts response to beta-lactam treatment in hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia.

Antibiotic treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in children remains mostly empirical because clinical and paraclinical findings poorly discriminate the principal causes of CAP. Fast response to beta-lactam treatment can be considered a proxy of pneumococcal aetiology. We aimed to identify...

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Main Authors: Jérémie F Cohen, Alexander Leis, Thibault Lecarpentier, Josette Raymond, Dominique Gendrel, Martin Chalumeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3355171?pdf=render

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