Optimized Antibiotic Management of Critically Ill Patients with Severe Pneumonia Following Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing: A Prospective Clinical Exploratory Trial

• Main Authors: Alexia Verroken (Author), Julien Favresse (Author), Ahalieyah Anantharajah (Author), Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos (Author), Xavier Wittebole (Author), Pierre-François Laterre (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Molecular diagnostic testing is assumed to enable fast respiratory pathogen identification and contribute to improved pneumonia management. We set up a prospective clinical trial at a tertiary hospital intensive care unit including adult patients suspected of severe pneumonia from whom a lower respi...