Procalcitonin Values Fail to Track the Presence of Secondary Bacterial Infections in COVID-19 ICU Patients

• Main Authors: Elsa Harte (Author), Sharuha Kumarasamysarma (Author), Benjamin Phillips (Author), Olivia Mackay (Author), Zohra Rashid (Author), Natalya Malikova (Author), Abdullah Mukit (Author), Saraswathi Ramachandran (Author), Anna Biju (Author), Kate Brown (Author), Rosie Watts (Author), Charlie Hodges (Author), William Tuckwell (Author), Nick Wetherall (Author), Henry Breen (Author), Shannon Price (Author), Tamas Szakmany (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The development of secondary bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients has been associated with increased mortality and worse clinical outcomes. Consequently, many patients have received empirical antibiotic therapies with the potential to further exacerbate an ongoing antimicrobial resistance crisi...