Diagnostic Utility of Broad Range Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene PCR with Degradation of Human and Free Bacterial DNA in Bloodstream Infection Is More Sensitive Than an In-House Developed PCR without Degradation of Human and Free Bacterial DNA

Table 4

Levels of inflammatory biomarkers in patients with and without systemic infection expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD).

	CD64 index ± SD	PCT [µg/L] ± SD	CRP [mg/L] ± SD
Systemic bacterial infection (𝑛=19)	2.35 ± 1.27	12.19 ± 28.57	174.24 ± 106.40
Systemic bacterial infection excluded (𝑛=4)	0.81 ± 0.13	2.49 ± 2.38	90 ± 69.46