Abbreviations
- PCT
=Procalcitonin
- CRP
=C reactive protein
- ICU
=Intense critical care unit
- ACCP
=American College of Chest Physicians
- SCCM
=Society of Critical Care Medicine
- HIV
=Human immunodeficiency virus
- ROC
=Receiver operating characteristic curve
- AUC
=Aria under the ROC curve
- SIRS
=Systemic inflammatory response syndrome