A Procalcitonin-Based Algorithm to Guide Antibiotic Therapy in Secondary Peritonitis following Emergency Surgery: A Prospective Study with Propensity Score Matching Analysis

• Ting-Shuo Huang,

  Affiliations The Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Shie-Shian Huang,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Yu-Chiau Shyu,

  Affiliations Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chun-Hui Lee,

  Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Shyh-Chuan Jwo,

  Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Keelung, Taiwan

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• Pei-Jer Chen,

  Affiliation The Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Huang-Yang Chen

  * E-mail: c00156@adm.cgmh.org.tw

  Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Branch, Keelung, Taiwan

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