Diagnostic Accuracy of Immunologic Biomarkers for Accurate Diagnosis of Bloodstream Infection in Patients with Malignancy: Procalcitonin in Comparison with C-Reactive Protein

Table 2

The lowest and highest and mean of CRP and PCT concentrations.

Result	Count	CRP mean (lowest-highest)	ANOVA ()	PCT mean (lowest-highest)
Nonbacteremia (group I)	236	62.27 (2–211)		1.47 (0.27–47)
Bacteremia (group II)	15	76.6 (18–141)	>0.05	13.93 (0.12–100)
Gram-positive (G+)	6	84.77 (29–121)	>0.05	1.7 (0.22–4.32)
Gram-negative (G−)	5	62.4 (18–108)	>0.05	28.7 (0.2–100)
Fungal (F)	4	82.25 (56–141)	>0.05	13.7 (0.12–52.09)
Contamination (group III)	4	42.50 (6–99)	>0.05	1.10 (0.1–3.9)
value for PCT between groups
I vs. II	II vs. III	I vs. III	G− vs. G+	G− vs. F	G+ vs. F
0.000	0.013	0.995	0.000	0.028	0.096