Study on relationship between white blood cell count and procalcitonin and sepsis

Objective To determine the correlations between predictive capability of conventional inflammatory marker white blood cell(WBC) count,and procalcitonin(PCT) with elevated levels of septic patients.Method Sixty-four patients were enrolled in the study.Serum concent rations of PCT,IL-6 were determined in 24 hours after clinical onset of sepsis or systemic inflammatory response syndrome.WBC count was also recorded.Results PCT was significantly correlated with serum IL-6 levels.The predictive capability was higher for PCT than WBC count.Conclusion Compared with white blood cell count,PCT may reflect the elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines more reliably.