Mean PCT concentrations were significantly higher in the AESD group than in the FS group (9.8 ± 6.7 ng/mL and 0.8 ± 0.9 ng/mL, respectively; p = 0.0006), and 7 out of 9 patients had PCT levels exceeding the cutoff for severe sepsis (2 ng/mL). This evidence concerns the gene CALCA and Sepsis.