Procalcitonin Testingreduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Use in Bacterial Infection

Procalcitonin Testingreduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Use in Bacterial Infection

Conventional diagnostic test have limitations to deferential diagnosis in clinical suspicion ofbacterial infection cases, that in some cases lead to inappropriate antibiotic therapy and increases antibiotic resistance. A new diagnostic insight is procalcitonin (PCT) test to improve diagnosis of bac...

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Main Author:	Azim Akbarzadeh Khiyavi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2018-12-01
Series:	Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care
Online Access:	http://www.waocp.org/journal/index.php/apjcc/article/view/185

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