Table 4 Patient’s clinical characteristics on the day of infection (D0) and PCT kinetics the next 6 days after diagnosis of CRBSI

15.69 (6.9)

14.87 (4.5)

0.745^a

15.78 (10.06-21.05)

15.65 (10.55-25.75)

0.732^c

6.56 (2.19)

8.20 (3.22)

0.135^a

7 (43.8)

7 (70.0)

0.191^b

7.55 (2.50-13.67)

8.30 (2.07-11.35)

0.771^c

2.50 (1.53-10.52)

3.00 (1.30-5.55)

0.635^c

1.75 (0.65-5.22)

2.70 (1.22-4.27)

0.635^c

0.55 (0.50-3.10)

2.60 (0.75-5.12)

0.047^c

0.50 (0.23-2.15)

2.40 (0.67-6.00)

0.042^c

0.20 (0.13-0.72)

2.40 (0.35-8.17)

0.009^c

0.20 (0.12-0.50)

2.10 (0.20-12.25)

0.012^c

−2.65 (−8.90 to −0.75)

−4.60 (−5.63 to −0.78)

0.895^c

−1.65 (−5.45 to −0.38)

−0.30 (−1.30 to −0.08)

0.037^c

−1.00 (−2.68 to −0.15)

−0.05 (−0.45 to 0.25)

0.017^c

−0.15 (−1.65 to −0.03)

−0.15 (−0.28 to 0.73)

0.253^c

−0.25 (−0.68 to −0.12)

−0.10 (−0.33 to 0.75)

0.085^c

0.00 (−0.10 to 0.08)

0.00 (−0.45 to 0.20)

0.872^c