Fig. 3

Plasma presepsin levels in representative cases. a Case 3; 48 year old male with B-ALL, undergoing “JALSG Ph(−) B-ALL 213 consolidation” chemotherapy. He experienced K.pneumoniae bacteremia on day 10. WBC count was 200/mL and plasma presepsin level was already elevated one day prior FN onset. CRP was not elevated at this time. b Case 4; 68 year old female with MDS and Sweet disease, undergoing induction chemotherapy (MEC-GO). Plasma presepsin level was not elevated in spite of marked leukocytosis (day1) or non-infectious fever caused by erythema nodosa (day24). It was elevated at the onset of S.hominis bacteremia (day8), and at K.pneumoniae bacteremia (day15)