Procalcitonin measurements for guiding antibiotic treatment in pediatric pneumonia

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2004 • 1,073 citations

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2010 • 1,065 citations

Effect of Procalcitonin-Based Guidelines vs Standard Guidelines on Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

2009 • 890 citations

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2002 • 606 citations

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2006 • 391 citations

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2002 • 332 citations

Comparison of procalcitonin with C-reactive protein, interleukin 6 and interferon-alpha for differentiation of bacterial vs. viral infections

1999 • 325 citations

Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Use vs a Standard Approach for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Primary Care

2008 • 282 citations

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2008 • 259 citations

Serum procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 for distinguishing bacterial and viral pneumonia in children

2000 • 247 citations

Procalcitonin Levels Predict Bacteremia in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

2010 • 243 citations

Procalcitonin in children admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia

2001 • 210 citations

White blood cells, C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in pneumococcal pneumonia in children

1997 • 168 citations

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1989 • 163 citations

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2009 • 160 citations

Procalcitonin guidance and reduction of antibiotic use in acute respiratory tract infection

2010 • 154 citations

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, white blood cell count and serum C-reactive protein in assessing etiologic diagnosis of acute lower respiratory infections in children

1995 • 137 citations

Procalcitonin guided antibiotic therapy and hospitalization in patients with lower respiratory tract infections: a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial

2007 • 127 citations

Antibiotic treatment interruption of suspected lower respiratory tract infections based on a single procalcitonin measurement at hospital admission—a randomized trial

2009 • 127 citations

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2009 • 114 citations

Management of severe community-acquired pneumonia of children in developing and developed countries

2010 • 114 citations

Serum procalcitonin concentrations in bacterial pneumonia in children: A negative result in primary healthcare settings

2002 • 88 citations

Pneumonia and Other Respiratory Infections

2009 • 80 citations

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2001 • 74 citations

Effectiveness of a procalcitonin algorithm to guide antibiotic therapy in respiratory tract infections outside of study conditions: a post-study survey

2009 • 65 citations

Serum procalcitonin in pneumococcal pneumonia in children

2001 • 51 citations

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2001 • 35 citations

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2010 • 33 citations

Effective treatment strategies for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia

2007 • 32 citations

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2002 • 22 citations

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2003 • 12 citations

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2010 • 5 citations