Budget impact analysis of using procalcitonin to optimize antimicrobial treatment for patients with suspected sepsis in the intensive care unit and hospitalized lower respiratory tract infections in Argentina

• Osvaldo Ulises Garay ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ulises.garay@roche.com

  Affiliation Market Access and Medical Affairs, Roche Diagnostics, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4836-4247

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• Gonzalo Guiñazú,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Wanda Cornistein,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infection Control, Hospital Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Javier Farina,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hospital Cuenca Alta Néstor Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Ricardo Valentini,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CEMIC University Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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• Gabriel Levy Hara

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Carlos G Durand, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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