Soluble CD14 as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker in Hematological Patients with Febrile Neutropenia

Table 3

The levels of soluble cluster of differentiation 14 (sCD14), procalcitonin (PCT), and C-reactive protein (CRP) from day 0 to day 2 after the onset of febrile neutropenia in patients with or without blood culture positivity. The data are expressed as medians (minimum–maximum).

	Positive blood culture finding ()	Negative blood culture finding ()	value
sCD14 (ng/L)
Day 0	1345 (349–3108)	1454 (506–2734)	0.557
Day 1	1251 (436–4146)	1578 (572–2746)	0.407
Day 2	1174 (998–3731)	1665 (655–2776)	0.059
PCT (μg/L)
Day 0	0.182 (0.058–28.6)	0.122 (0.037–1.74)	0.043
Day 1	0.519 (0.075–40.9)	0.163 (0.029–2.68)	0.001
Day 2	0.405 (0.073–26.9)	0.172 (0.036–6.13)	0.004
CRP (mg/L)
Day 0	47 (5–286)	37 (5–245)	0.349
Day 1	98 (14–347)	68 (9–357)	0.038
Day 2	129 (28–367)	88 (7–342)	0.097