IL27 and neutropenia: Of note, significantly higher median levels of both IL-27 (2.0 versus 1.2, p-value < .001) and PCT (1.6 vs 0.2, p-value < .001) were seen in episodes with kidney dysfunction, higher PCT was observed in patients exposed to high dose steroids (0.7 vs 0.2, p-value < .001), and lower levels of both biomarkers were associated with neutropenia (1.1 vs 1.4 p-value < .001 for IL-27 and 0.2 vs 0.3 p-value .02 for PCT).