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Use of procalcitonin to reduce patients' exposure to antibiotics in intensive care units (PRORATA trial): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.
Lila Bouadma
1 ,
Charles-Edouard Luyt ,
Florence Tubach ,
Christophe Cracco ,
Antonio Alvarez ,
Carole Schwebel ,
Frédérique Schortgen ,
Sigismond Lasocki ,
Benoît Veber ,
Monique Dehoux ,
Maguy Bernard ,
Blandine Pasquet ,
Bernard Régnier ,
Christian Brun-Buisson ,
Jean Chastre ,
Michel Wolff
Feb 06 2010
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Abstract
Reduced duration of antibiotic treatment might contain the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in intensive care units. We aimed to establish the effectiveness of an algorithm based on the biomarker procalcitonin to reduce antibiotic exposure in this setting.