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Maternal and child health
Procalcitonin-guided decision-making results in a significant reduction of antibiotic therapy and hospital stay in neonates with suspected early-onset sepsis

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  • Meret Merker University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rebekka Bolliger University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Philipp Schuetz University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland Department of Clinical Research, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Philipp Schuetz, University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland; schuetzph{at}gmail.com
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Merker M, Bolliger R, Schuetz P
Procalcitonin-guided decision-making results in a significant reduction of antibiotic therapy and hospital stay in neonates with suspected early-onset sepsis
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2018;23:154-155.

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  • Accepted February 15, 2018
  • First published March 9, 2018.
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August 24, 2018

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