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

Table 3

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

	Microorganisms	Patients (; %)	PCT (ng/mL) median (IQR)	PCT (ng/mL) mean
Patients without definite focus of infection	Gram-negative	47 (25%)	1.98 (0.34, 10.43)	10.55	0.001
	Gram-positive	34 (18%)	0.31 (0.14–0.91)	4.26
Patients with definite focus of infection	Gram-negative	66 (35%)	0.92 (0.40, 6.67)	13.21	0.002
	Gram-positive	42 (22%)	0.32 (0.20, 1.99)	2.46