Serum Procalcitonin Levels in Acute Encephalopathy with Biphasic Seizures and Late Reduced Diffusion

Table 2

	AESD group	FS group	value
PCT (ng/mL)	9.8 ± 6.7	0.8 ± 0.9	0.0011
CRP (mg/dL)	0.79 ± 0.89	1.4 ± 1.0	0.21
PCT/CRP	27.5 ± 34.2	3.2 ± 6.8	<0.0001
IL-6 (pg/mL)	449.7 ± 705.0	118.3 ± 145.4	0.20
TNF-α (pg/mL)	18.6 ± 12.5	16.6 ± 6.0	0.67
IFN-γ (pg/mL)	79.6 ± 158.5	41.9 ± 63.7	0.56

AESD: acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion; CRP: C-reactive protein; FS: febrile seizures; PCT: procalcitonin. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. The ratio was calculated using a CRP value of 0.15 when it is below 0.15.