Neonatal Procalcitonin Intervention Study (NeoPInS): Effect of Procalcitonin-guided decision making on Duration of antibiotic Therapy in suspected neonatal early-onset Sepsis: A multi-centre randomized superiority and non-inferiority Intervention Study

Table 3 Duration of antibiotic therapy

	Standard group	PCT group
Category 1 and 2	7 - 21 days	7 - 21 days
Category 3	5 - 7 days	at least 24 hours, stop after 2 consecutively negative PCT-values
Category 4	36 - 72 hours	at least 24 hours, stop after 2 consecutively negative PCT-values

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