Use of Procalcitonin-Guided Decision-Making to Shorten Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis: Prospective Randomized Intervention Trial

Use of Procalcitonin to Shorten Antibiotic Treatment Duration in Septic Patients

2007 • 577 citations

Serial Serum C-Reactive Protein Levels in the Diagnosis of Neonatal Infection

1998 • 421 citations

How Reliable Is a Negative Blood Culture Result? Volume of Blood Submitted for Culture in Routine Practice in a Children's Hospital

2007 • 376 citations

Reliability of Procalcitonin Concentrations for the Diagnosis of Sepsis in Critically III Neonates

1998 • 335 citations

Pathobiochemistry and clinical use of procalcitonin

2002 • 319 citations

Procalcitonin as a marker for the early diagnosis of neonatal infection

1996 • 236 citations

Comparison of procalcitonin with C-reactive protein and serum amyloid for the early diagnosis of bacterial sepsis in critically ill neonates and children

2000 • 222 citations

Procalcitonin and C‐reactive protein levels in neonatal infections

1997 • 208 citations

Procalcitonin as a marker of bacterial infection

2000 • 190 citations

C-Reactive Protein Is a Useful Marker for Guiding Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Neonatal Bacterial Infection

1997 • 184 citations

Comparison of procalcitonin with interleukin 8, C-reactive protein and differential white blood cell count for the early diagnosis of bacterial infections in newborn infants

1999 • 166 citations

Use of C-Reactive Protein in Minimizing Antibiotic Exposure: Experience With Infants Initially Admitted to a Well-Baby Nursery

2000 • 138 citations

Procalcitonin and interleukin‐6 in the diagnosis of early‐onset sepsis of the neonate

2003 • 129 citations

Procalcitonin in preterm infants during the first few days of life: introducing an age related nomogram

2006 • 120 citations

The Neonatal “Sepsis Work-up”: Personal Reflections on the Development of an Evidence-Based Approach Toward Newborn Infections in a Managed Care Organization

1999 • 109 citations

Umbilical cord blood procalcitonin and C reactive protein concentrations as markers for early diagnosis of very early onset neonatal infection

2005 • 97 citations

Increased Serum Procalcitonin in Newborn Infants without Infection

1998 • 74 citations

The birth process initiates an acute phase reaction in the fetus-newborn infant

2000 • 73 citations

Biochemical markers of neonatal sepsis: value of procalcitonin in the emergency setting

2002 • 67 citations

Comparison of Procalcitonin with CRP and Differential White Blood Cell Count for Diagnosis of Culture-proven Neonatal Sepsis

2002 • 65 citations

Serum procalcitonin as an early marker of neonatal sepsis.

2004 • 44 citations

Umbilical Cord Blood Serum Procalcitonin Concentration in the Diagnosis of Early Neonatal Infection

2003 • 41 citations

Procalcitonin serum levels in perinatal bacterial and fungal infection of preterm infants

2004 • 33 citations

Pneumonia in Term Neonates: Laboratory Studies and Duration of Antibiotic Therapy

2003 • 19 citations