Association of Procalcitonin with the Patient’s Infection Characteristics and Prognosis after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Table 2

PCT levels in patients with bacteremia infection according to agranulocytosis after HSCT (based on gram staining results).

	Microorganisms	Patients (; %)	PCT (ng/mL) median (IQR)	PCT (ng/mL) mean
Agranulocytosis	Gram-negative	83 (44%)	2.00 (0.40, 8.35)	13.58	0.002
	Gram-positive	31 (16%)	0.35 (0.20, 1.95)	5.11
No agranulocytosis	Gram-negative	30 (16%)	0.98 (0.30, 6.78)	8.02	0.002
	Gram-positive	45 (24%)	0.31 (0.16, 0.90)	2.00