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Abstract Background: Sepsis remains a major challenge in clinical practice with considerable morbidity and mortality despite modern treatments. Clinicians need good diagnostic and prognostic markers to identify infected patients who would rapidly benefit from prompt, empirical antibiotic therapy and other supportive treatment. Objective: to comparison of Presepsin (CD14), Procalcitonin (PCT) and C- reactive protein (CRP) at different SOFA and APACHE II scores in sepsis patients Subjects and Methods:A prospective cohort observational study was conducted in Maady Armed Forces Compound Hospital, Cairo, Egypt recruiting admitted adult critically ill patients diagnosed. All subjects were recruited during the period from December 2013 to November 2015. All subjects were subjected to complete history taking, clinical examination, Complete blood count, Kidney and Liver function, Coagulation profiles, blood, urine, and sputum cultures ± wound or drain culture, presepsin, PCT and CRP plasma concentrations |