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Table 5 Laboratory parameters after bronchoscopy in patients having fever caused by proven bacterial infection and patients with unspecific fever

From: Fever after bronchoscopy: serum procalcitonin enables early diagnosis of post-interventional bacterial infection

 

Fever + proven bacterial infection (n = 11)

Unspecific fever (n = 33)

All (n = 44)

p-Value

CRP, mg/dL (SD)

14.76 (6.81)

10.03 (7.17)

11.03 (7.34)

n.s.

Neutrophils, G/L (SD)

13.11 (5.74)

7.93 (3.01)

9.21 (4.41)

0.014a

Lymphocytes, G/L (SD)

1.21 (0.60)

1.55 (0.49)

1.46 (0.50)

n.s.

Procalcitonin, ng/mL, (SD)

2.41 (3.10)

0.24 (0.27)

0.78 (1.79)

<0.001a

  1. aWilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test was applied