The Role of Procalcitonin as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Tool in Patients Hospitalized with Seasonal Influenza.

Ingrid ChristensenDag BerildJørgen Vildershøj BjørnholtLars-Petter Jelsness-JørgensenSara Molvig DebesJon Birger Haug

Published in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

PCT can be a safe rule-out test for bacterial coinfection. Routine PCT use in seasonal influenza patients with an uncertain clinical picture, and rapid influenza PCR testing, may be efficient as ASP tools.

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