C-reactive protein but not procalcitonin may predict antibiotic response and outcome in infections following major abdominal surgery

Alessandro Perrella, Antonio Giuliani, Maurizio De Palma, Maurizio Castriconi, Christian Molino, Giovanni Vennarecci, Carmine Antropoli, Ciro Esposito, Fulvio Calise, A Frangiosa, Infection in Surgery Study Group AORN A. Cardarelli, E. Montanari, Marcelo Lanza, Ilaria Guarino, M Mazzone, Alessia Basso, Marco Perrella, Granato Corigliano G, Enrico Crolla, Carla Migliaccio, Ivana Damiano, Maurizio Grillo, Gennaro Lupone, N. Santomartino, Giovanni Bartone, Alessio Palumbo