Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy in patients with fever in a general emergency department population: a multicentre non-inferiority randomized clinical trial (HiTEMP study)

Yuri van der Does(Erasmus MC), Maarten Limper(University Medical Center Utrecht), Kim E. Jie(Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis), Stephanie C. E. Schuit(Erasmus MC), Henry Jansen(Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis), N. Pernot(Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis), Joost van Rosmalen(Erasmus MC), Marten J. Poley(Erasmus University Rotterdam), Christian Ramakers(Erasmus MC), P. Patka(Erasmus MC), Eric C. M. Van Gorp(Erasmus MC), P.P.M. Rood(Erasmus MC)
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
June 2, 2018
10.1016/j.cmi.2018.05.011
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