Table 1 Patient characteristics

Comorbidities

Acute myeloid leukemia

3

multiple myeloma

2

malignant lymphoma

2

acute lymphoid leukemia

1

myelodysplastic syndrome

1

aplastic anemia

1

chemotheapy

induction therapy

6

conditioning regimen hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

3

consolidation therapy

1

Nadir WBC count during the chemotherapy

0–100/μL

9

101–500/μL

1

501- /μL

0

focus of infection^a

primary bacteremia

9

severe pneumonia

1

skin & soft tissue infection

1

 Gram negatives

6

   K.pneumoniae

3

   E.coli

1

   E.aerogenes

1

   B.fragilis

1

 Gram positives

5

   S.epidermidis

1

   S.hominis

1

   B.cereus

1

   Bacillus sp.

1

   E.gallinarum

1

days of the infection onset^b

11.9 [3–18]

average number of the samples examined for presepsin

6.5 [4–9]