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Procalcitonin use in patients with severe illness in the ICU. Please note: caution in patients with immunosuppression (including HIV), cystic fibrosis, pancreatitis. trauma, pregnancy, high volume transfusion, malaria; PCT-guided stewardship should not be applied to patients with chronic infections (e.g., abscess, osteomyelitis, endocarditis). ICU, intensive care unit; PCT, procalcitonin.
