Mean platelet volume in patients with increased procalcitonin level

Figures & data

Figure 1. Mean platelet volume (MPV) in patients with increased procalcitonin level. The mean of MPV was significantly increased in patients with increased procalcitonin level of >1.0 ng/ml (8.50 fl) than control group (8.02 fl).

Table I.  Laboratory characteristics associated with infection in 321 specimens accompanying increased serum procalcitonin level.

WBC count (mean, per l)	9.13 × 10^9
Segmented neutrophil (mean, %)	69.79
Procalcitonin (mean, ng/ml)	9.58
CRP (mean, mg/dl)	8.19
Range	0.3–86.4
Standard deviation	8.58
Lipid profiles (means, mg/dl)
Total cholesterol	157.40
Triglyceride	129.53
HDL cholesterol	38.24
LDL cholesterol	98.72
Blood culture	25
Staphylococcus epidermidis	6
Escherichia coli	5
Klebsiella pneumoniae	3
MRSA	2
Etc.^a	9
Urine culture	47
Catheter tip culture	6
Viral pathogens^b
Hepatitis B virus	7
Hepatitis C virus	0
Human immunodeficiency virus	0
Influenza A	3
Respiratory syncytial virus	3
Rhinovirus	5
Cytomegalovirus	5

Notes: WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MRSA, methicilline-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.

^aCoagulase-negative staphylococcus, Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus hominis, Staphylococcus cohnii, Candida albicans, Streptococcus agalactiae, β-hemolytic streptocuccus, Enterobacter cloacae, Enterobacter aerogenes.

^bConfirmed with PCR-based methods.