Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in COPD exacerbations: closer but not quite there

Chest. 2007 Jan;131(1):1-2. doi: 10.1378/chest.06-2567.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacterial Infections / blood*
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Humans
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / blood*
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / blood*
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide