RT Journal
A1 Schuetz P, Briel M, Mueller B
T1 CLinical outcomes associated with procalcitonin algorithms to guide antibiotic therapy in respiratory tract infections
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2013
FD February 20
VO 309
IS 7
SP 717
OP 718
DO 10.1001/jama.2013.697
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.697
AB Clinical Question 
                  In patients with respiratory tract infection, is measurement of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic prescriptions associated with reduced antibiotic exposure without increases in all-cause mortality or treatment failure?Bottom Line 
                  The measurement of procalcitonin to guide initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment in patients with respiratory tract infections of varying severity is associated with lower antibiotic exposure without increasing all-cause mortality or treatment failure.