Influence of pathogen and focus of infection on procalcitonin values in sepsis patients with bacteremia or candidemia

Table 1 Patient population regarding blood cultures and procalcitonin measurements

Procalcitonin measured	Blood cultures drawn before or after first dose of antibiotics			Total
Procalcitonin measured	No	Yes, before	Yes, after
No	254	281	156	691
Yes	1012	3157	1701	5870
Total	1266	3438	1857	6561

In sum, 4858 patients (marked in bold) with blood cultures and procalcitonin taken at sepsis onset were available for analysis

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