Informing antimicrobial management in the context of COVID-19: understanding the longitudinal dynamics of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin.

BMC Infect Dis · 2021 · PMC8424157 · PMID 34496795

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For PCT, concentrations over time were consistently higher in patients with positive microbiology against those without (concentrations on days 7–8, 2.11 vs 0.28 ng/mL), although this did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.08, Fig. 1 ).

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