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Procalcitonin levels and bacterial aetiology among COPD patients admitted to the ICU with severe pneumonia: a prospective cohort study
BMC Infectious Diseases, 09/22/09

Daubin C et al. – The authors suggest that a PCT level cut off > 0.1 mg/L may be more appropriate than 0.25 mg/L to predict the probability of a bacterial infection in severe COPD patients with pneumonia Further studies testing procalcitonin–based antibiotic strategies are needed in COPD patients with severe pneumonia.

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