Usefulness of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6 for severity assessment of bacterial sepsis

Abstract

To explore the usefulness of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio (NLR), procalcitonin (PCT), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) for the severity assessment of bacterial sepsis.

Keywords

• bacterial sepsis
• neutrophil-to-lymphocyte count ratio
• procalcitonin
• interleukin-6
• illness severity