Procalcitonin (PCT) kinetics is a good prognosis marker in infectious diseases, but few studies of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have been performed in intensive care units (ICU). We analyzed the relationship between PCT kinetics and outcome in ICU patients with severe CAP.
Tourcoing Hospital, Intensive Care and Infectious Disease Unit, 135 rue du Président Coty BP 619, 59208, Tourcoing cedex, France. nboussekey@ch-tourcoing.fr