All participants were believed — consistent with evidence-based guidelines — to require antibiotic treatment. When PCT-arm patients had PCT levels >0.25 µg/L, a bacterial infection was ...

A randomized controlled trial involving more than 3,600 patients hospitalized with bloodstream infections found that 7 days ...

In the ITT analysis, 1,814 participants were randomized to the 7-day antibiotic treatment arm and 1,794 to the 14-day arm. At ...