From: Higher cut-off serum procalcitonin level for sepsis diagnosis in metastatic solid tumor patients
Sepsis biomarker | Metastasis | Non-metastasis | ||
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Sepsis | Non-sepsis | Sepsis | Non-sepsis | |
n = 36 | n = 35 | n = 9 | n = 32 | |
Leukocyte, /μL, median (min–max) | 19,500 (4160–67,600)** | 8860 (2930–24,910) | 13,830 (2050–48,340) | 7730 (1100–22,680) |
CRP, mg/L, median (min–max) | 112.5 (16.2–259.3)** | 13.6 (0.8–210.5) | 143.1 (51–271.4) | 5.8 (0.5–209.8) |
PCT, ng/mL, median (min–max) | 3.48 (0.66–189.4)** | 0.25 (0.07–1.76)* | 2.92 (1.1–921.4) | 0.09 (0.03–0.54) |