TNF and Sepsis: Meem et al., in a review of published data about diagnostic markers of neonatal sepsis, have found PCT, interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 8 (IL-8), interferon gamma (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), cluster of differentiation 64 (CD64), and soluble intercellular adhesion molecules (sICAM) to be the most promising [6].