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Feasibility and Performance of Procalcitonin-guided antimicrobial stewardship during autologous stem cell transplantation

2025-12-16 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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BackgroundAntibiotic stewardship during stem cell transplantation (SCT) is challenging.. Procalcitonin (PCT) has been employed successfully in critical care patients to safely guide stewardship. However, procalcitonin guided stewardship has not been robustly assessed in SCT recipients. We sought to evaluate the potential utility of PCT to guide antimicrobial de-escalation during engraftment. Methods100 SCT patients were prospectively enrolled in a "strategy trial" and had infectious complicatio...

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