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Table 2 Frequency of used antibiotics and length of therapy

From: Procalcitonin to guide duration of antibiotic therapy in intensive care patients: a randomized prospective controlled trial

 

Controls

PCT-guided antibiotic therapy

P

Antibiotic classes (%)

  

>0.05

Acylaminopenicillin + BLI

51.8

55.2

 

Acylaminopenicillin + nitroimidazole

19.6

15.5

 

Carbapenem

8.8

10.4

 

Aminobenzylpenicillin + BLI

5.4

6.9

 

Fluorochinolone

5.4

5.2

 

Cephalosporins of Group 3b

5.4

3.4

 

Others

3.6

3.4

 

Length of antibiotic therapy (days)

7.9 ± 0.5

5.9 ± 1.7

<0.001

  1. BLI = β-lactamase inhibitor; PCT = procalcitonin. Mean ± standard deviation.