Procalcitonin and Antibiotic Stewardship

Bob Greene: Do you believe that Procalcitonin is more valuable in preventing the use of antibiotics in someone with possible communiccardin pneumonia, but not a great story? Or is it better for monitoring them and decreasing the duration of antibiotics? He says there are certain circumstances where you don't need another Pro-Causetonin. Greene: If you take some pure disease like bacterial meningitis or ruptured appendix with peritonitis then you can cut the duration of therapy by up to a couple of three days.