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  • Title: Impact of the use of procalcitonin assay in hospitalized adult patients with pneumonia at a community acute care hospital.
    Author: Kook JL, Chao SR, Le J, Robinson PA.
    Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol; 2012 Apr; 33(4):424-6. PubMed ID: 22418643.
    Abstract:
    A retrospective, quasi-experimental cohort study compared antibiotic use before and after implementation of a procalcitonin assay at a community acute care hospital. This study demonstrated that the implementation of the procalcitonin assay was associated with a decrease in antibiotic days of therapy in adult patients with pneumonia.
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