Research Article

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

Table 3

PCT and CRP area under ROC curve value between bacteremia and nonbacteremia groups.

GroupsParameterAUC95% CI value

Bacteremia vs. nonbacteremiaCRP0.6120.549–0.6730.1463
PCT0.7410.682–0.7940.0015
Combined PCT and CRP0.6930.632 to 0.7490.0058

Bacteremia vs. contaminationCRP0.7580.921–0.5110.8167
PCT0.7830.538–0.9350.8625