Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections

Philipp Schüetz1,2,3, Yannick Wirz4, Ramon Sager4, Mirjam Christ‐Crain5, Daiana Stolz6, Michael Tamm6, Lila Bouadma7, Charles Edouard Luyt8, Michel Wolff9, Jean Chastre10, Florence Tubach11, Kristina B Kristoffersen12, Olaf Burkhardt13, Tobias Welte14,13, Stefan Schroeder15, Vandack Nobre16, Wei Long17, Heiner C. Bucher18,19, Neera Bhatnagar20, Djillali Annane21, Konrad Reinhart22, Angela R. Branche23, Pierre Damas24,25, Maarten W. Nijsten26, Dylan W. de Lange27,28, Rodrigo Octávio Deliberato29, Stella S.S. Lima30, Vera Maravić-Stojkovic31, Alessia Verduri32, Bin Cao33, Yahya Shehabi34,35, Albertus Beishuizen36, Jens‐Ulrik Stæhr Jensen37,38,39, Caspar Corti37, Jos AH van Oers40,41, Ann R. Falsey23, Evelien de Jong24,42, Carolina Oliveira43, Bianca Beghé44, Matthias Briel45,18,3, Beat Müeller4,1,3
1Kantonsspital Aarau; Department of Endocrinology/Metabolism/Clinical Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine; Aarau Switzerland
2Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
3University of Basel, Medical Faculty, Basel, Switzerland
4Kantonsspital Aarau; Medical University Department; Aarau Switzerland
5University Hospital Basel, University of Basel; Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Clinical Research; Petersgraben 4 Basel Switzerland CH-4031
6University Hospital Basel; Clinic of Pneumology and Pulmonary Cell Research; Petersgraben 4 Basel Switzerland CH-4031
7Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Université Paris 7-Denis-Diderot; Service de Réanimation Médicale; Paris France
8Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris 6-Pierre-et-Marie-Curie; Service de Réanimation Médicale; Paris France
9Université Paris 7-Denis-Diderot; Service de Réanimation Médicale; Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) Paris France
10Université Paris 6-Pierre-et-Marie-Curie; Service de Réanimation Médicale; Hôpital Pitié?Salpêtrière (AP-HP) Paris France
11Santé Publique et Information Médicale, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles-Foix, INSERM CIC-P 1421, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06; Département Biostatistique; Paris France
12Aarhus University Hospital; Department of Infectious Diseases; Skejby Brendstrupgaardvej 100 Aarhus N Denmark 8200
13Medizinische Hochschule Hannover; Department of Pulmonary Medicine; Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1 Hannover Niedersachsen Germany 30625
14German Center for Lung Reearch (DZL); Aulweg 130 Gießen Germany 35392
15Krankenhaus Dueren; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; Dueren Germany
16Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine; Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil
17Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital (East campus); Department of Internal and Geriatric Medicine; Shanghai China
18University Hospital Basel and University of Basel; Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Clinical Research; Petersgraben 4 Basel Switzerland CH-4031
19University Hospital Basel; Medical Faculty; Basel Switzerland
20McMaster University; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics; 1200 Main Street West Hamilton ON Canada L8N 3Z5
21Center for Neuromuscular Diseases; Raymond Poincaré Hospital (AP-HP); Department of Critical Care, Hyperbaric Medicine and Home Respiratory Unit; Faculty of Health Sciences Simone Veil, University of Versailles SQY- University of Paris Saclay 104 Boulevard Raymond Poincaré Garches France 92380
22Jena University Hospital; Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; Erlanger Allee 101 Jena Germany 07747
23University of Rochester School of Medicine; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Rochester NY USA
24Univ. of Rochester School of Medicine
25University Hospital of Liege, Domaine universitaire de Liège; Department of General Intensive Care; Liege Belgium
26University of Groningen; University Medical Centre; Groningen Netherlands
27University Medical Center Utrecht; Department of Intensive Care; Heidelberglaan 100 Utrecht Netherlands 3584 CX
28University of Groningen
29Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein; Critical Care Unit; São Paulo Brazil
30Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Graduate Program in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine; Belo Horizonte Brazil
31Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute; Immunology Laboratory; Belgrade Serbia
32University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico di Modena; Modena Italy
33China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases, Capital Medical University; Center for Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Beijing China
34Monash Health; Critical Care and Peri-operative Medicine; Melbourne Victoria Australia
35Monash University; School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences; Melbourne Victoria Australia
36Medisch Spectrum Twente, Department of Intensive Care, Enschede, Netherlands
37Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg og Frederiksberg; Department of Respiratory Medicine; Bispebjerg Bakke Copenhagen NV Capitol Region Denmark DK 2400
38Medisch Spectrum Twente
39Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen; CHIP, Department of Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Finsencentret; Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 Copenhagen Denmark DK-2100
40Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg og Frederiksberg
41Elisabeth Tweesteden Ziekenhuis; Intensive Care Unit; Tilburg Netherlands 5022 GC
42VU University Medical Center; Department of Intensive Care; Amsterdam Netherlands 1081HV
43Federal University of Minas Gerais; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medcine; Belo Horizonte Brazil 31130-100
44AOU Policlinico di Modena; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences; Moderna Italy 41124
45AOU Policlinico di Modena

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