Reduced Reliability of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a Biomarker of Bacterial Superinfection: Concerns about PCT-Driven Antibiotic Stewardship in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients-Results from a Retrospective Observational Study in Intensive Care Units.
Giancarlo CeccarelliFrancesco AlessandriGiuseppe MigliaraValentina BaccoliniGiovanni GiordanoGioacchino GalardoCarolina MarzuilloCorrado De VitoAlessandro RussoMassimo CiccozziPaolo VillariMario VendittiClaudio Maria MastroianniFrancesco PuglieseGabriella d'EttorrePublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
Elevated PCT levels might not always indicate bacterial superinfections or coinfections in a severe COVID-19 setting.