Procalcitonin Is Not an Adequate Tool for Antimicrobial De-Escalation in Sepsis

Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec;48(12):1848-1850. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004547.

Author

Ryan C Maves^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease and Critical Care Medicine Services, Department of Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA.
² Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD.

PMID: 32885936
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004547

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
Biomarkers / blood
Humans
Procalcitonin / blood*
Prognosis
Sepsis / blood
Sepsis / diagnosis
Sepsis / drug therapy*

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Biomarkers
Procalcitonin