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cord-033279-bcf9568a	Vujaklija Brajković, Ana	Utility of procalcitonin in a medical intensive care unit in Croatia	2020-10-06		.txt	text/plain	4013	200	38	Levels of PCT and CRP were significantly increased in patients with positive blood cultures, the infection caused by Gram-negative microorganism regardless of disease severity and pneumonia with complications. In the critical care setting, published studies differ greatly considering patient case mix [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] , the source of infection [3, 4, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] , the severity of the disease [4, 5, [10] [11] [12] 14] , exclusion criteria as well as cut-offs and laboratory methods for PCT measurements [3, 11, [13] [14] [15] . The PCT and CRP levels were significantly increased in patients with positive blood cultures, the infection caused by Gram-negative microorganism regardless of disease severity (no difference in SOFA and APACHE II scores), and pneumonia with complications (Table 3) .	./cache/cord-033279-bcf9568a.txt	./txt/cord-033279-bcf9568a.txt