CRP and Sepsis: Previous research has demonstrated that sTREM-1 yielded a high sensitivity (>95%) and specificity (>85%) in systemic inflammatory response syndrome patients (16, 17), and may be useful as C-reactive protein and procalcitonin of diagnostic value for sepsis severity and helpful for prognostic assessment (18), or more useful than them with regard to sepsis diagnosis in adult and pediatric patients (19, 20).