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Table 3 Prognostic value of temperature, WBC, and sTREM-1, CRP, and PCT levels

From: Value of soluble TREM-1, procalcitonin, and C-reactive protein serum levels as biomarkers for detecting bacteremia among sepsis patients with new fever in intensive care units: a prospective cohort study

Parameter

Blood culture-positive bacteremia

P value

Blood culture-negative

P value

 

survivors

non-survivors

 

survivors

non-survivors

 
 

n = 22

n = 11

 

n = 29

n = 22

 

Temperature(mean ± SD,°C) *

38.8 ± 0.5

38.9 ± 0.7

0.559

39.0 ± 0.5

38.8 ± 0.4

0.272

WBC( mean ± SD, ×10 ∧ 9/L) *

10.8 ± 3.6

12.2 ± 7.2

0.559

12.7 ± 8.0

13.4 ± 7.1

0.747

sTREM-1(median-interquartile range, pg/ml) #

105.6(90.8)

273.6(350.6)

0.004

137.1(159.2)

168.3(150.2)

0.068

PCT (median-interquartile range, ng/ml) #

1.2(11.4)

19.9(61.7)

0.011

2.6(6.8)

1.8(9.6)

0.622

CRP(median-interquartile range, mg/dl) *

8.9 ± 7.1

10.9 ± 5.2

0.408

12.6 ± 7.9

13.9 ± 8.3

0.584

  1. *P-value, Student’s t-test.
  2. #P-value, rank sum test.