1)Wu CC, et al:Comparison of diagnostic accuracy in sepsis between presepsin, procalcitonin, and C-reactive protein;A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intensive Care 7:91, 2017
2)Pepys MB,Hirschfield GM:C-reactive protein;A critical update.J Clin Invest 111:1805-1812,2003
3)Meisner M:Update on procalcitonin measurements.Ann Lab Med 34:263-273,2014
4)Gilbert DN:Procalcitonin as a biomarker in respiratory tract infection. Clin Infect Dis 52(Suppl 4):S346-350, 2011
5)Grace E, Turner RM:Use of procalcitonin in patients with various degrees of chronic kidney disease including renal replacement therapy. Clin Infect Dis 59:1761-1767, 2014
6)Sager R, et al:Procalcitonin-guided diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship revisited. BMC Med 15:15, 2017
7)Liu Y, et al:Biomarkers for diagnosis of sepsis in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome;A systematic review and meta-analysis. Springerplus 5:2091, 2016
8)Kamat IS, et al:Procalcitonin to distinguish viral from bacterial pneumonia;A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis, 2019(epub ahead of print)
9)Wei TT, et al:Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin in bacterial meningitis versus nonbacterial meningitis;A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine(Baltimore)95:e3079, 2016
10)Schuetz P, et al:Effect of procalcitonin-based guidelines vs standard guidelines on antibiotic use in lower respiratory tract infections;The ProHOSP randomized controlled trial. JAMA 302:1059-1066, 2009
11)Mathioudakis AG, et al:Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic administration in COPD exacerbations;A meta-analysis. Eur Respir Rev 26, 2017
12)Huang DT, et al:Procalcitonin-guided use of antibiotics for lower respiratory tract infection. N Engl J Med 379:236-249, 2018
13)Montassier E, et al:Guideline-based clinical assessment versus procalcitonin-guided antibiotic use in pneumonia;A pragmatic randomized trial. Ann Emerg Med, 2019(epub ahead of print)
14)Kalil AC, et al:Management of adults with hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia;2016 Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society. Clin Infect Dis 63:e61-111, 2016
15)Schuetz P, et al:Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on mortality in acute respiratory infections;A patient level meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis 18:95-107, 2018
16)Pepper DJ, et al:Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic discontinuation and mortality in critically ill adults;A systematic review and meta-analysis. Chest 155:1109-1118, 2019
17)De jong E, et al:Efficacy and safety of procalcitonin guidance in reducing the duration of antibiotic treatment in critically ill patients;A randomised, controlled, open-label trial. Lancet Infect Dis 16:819-827, 2016
18)日本版敗血症診療ガイドライン2016作成特別委員会:日本版敗血症診療ガイドライン2016.日集中医誌24(Suppl 2):S1-232, 2017