Antibiotic stewardship in the intensive care unit.

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Published in Crit Care on August 13, 2014

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Charles-Edouard Luyt, Nicolas Bréchot, Jean-Louis Trouillet, Jean Chastre

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Procalcitonin to Guide Antibiotic Stop in Neurocritical Care Patients. | NCT03683693

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