TY - GEN AU - Schuetz,Philipp AU - Christ-Crain,Mirjam AU - Wolbers,Marcel AU - Schild,Ursula AU - Thomann,Robert AU - Falconnier,Claudine AU - Widmer,Isabelle AU - Neidert,Stefanie AU - Blum,Claudine A AU - Schönenberger,Ronald AU - Henzen,Christoph AU - Bregenzer,Thomas AU - Hoess,Claus AU - Krause,Martin AU - Bucher,Heiner C AU - Zimmerli,Werner AU - Müller,Beat TI - Procalcitonin guided antibiotic therapy and hospitalization in patients with lower respiratory tract infections: a prospective, multicenter, randomized controlled trial SN - 1472-6963 PY - 2007///0910 KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents KW - adverse effects KW - Antibodies, Bacterial KW - blood KW - Calcitonin KW - Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide KW - Drug Monitoring KW - Drug Utilization Review KW - Female KW - Glycoproteins KW - Hospitalization KW - statistics & numerical data KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care KW - Patient Discharge KW - Patient Selection KW - Practice Guidelines as Topic KW - Prospective Studies KW - Protein Precursors KW - Respiratory Tract Infections KW - drug therapy KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Switzerland N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-102 ER -