Table 1.

Sensitivity and specificity of selected biomarkers for the diagnosis of sepsis

	Sensitivity	Specificity
	(95% confidence interval)	(95% confidence interval)
C-reactive protein [58]	0.75	0.67
	(0.62–0.84)	(0.56–0.77)
Procalcitonin [25]	0.77	0.79
	(0.72–0.81)	(0.74–0.84)
STREM-1 [59]	0.79	0.8
	(0.65–0.89)	(0.69–0.88)