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Table 4 Biomarkers blood levels according to primary sites of infections in patients with diagnosis of infection (sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock) at time 0.a

From: Diagnostic and prognostic value of presepsin in the management of sepsis in the emergency department: a multicenter prospective study

 

Urinary tract

Lung

Abdomen

Other sites

P value

 

Mean (95% CI)

 

Presepsin (pg/ml)

2,791.4 (1,032.6 to 4,550.2)

3,818.8 (2,434.5 to 5,291)

3,667.1

(607.1 to 6,746.7)

6,542.2 (1,141.1 to 11,047.4)

0.94

PCT (ng/ml)

17.13

(6.3 to 27.9)

6.37

(5.6 to 17.5)

14.5 (1 to 28.1)

10.6

(0.2 to 21.1)

0.29

  1. aCI: confidence interval; PCT: procalcitonin. Other sites correspond to central nervous system, central venous catheter-related, skin and oral infections.
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