Table 3.

Clinical and laboratory signs of infections

Sign	Chronic alcoholic patients	Nonalcoholic patients	P
Temperature (°C)
Infection	37.2 (36.8–38.1)	37.5 (37.1–38.8)	0.851
Early septic shock	37.8 (36.2–39.8)	38.7 (37.6–39.9)	0.037
Late septic shock	38.1 (36.6–38.8)	37.2 (35.8–39.2)	0.413
Leucocytes (×109/l)
Infection	8.9 (4.4–13.2)	10.2 (3.4–10.2)	0.663
Early septic shock	18.9 (6.5–45.8)	9.5 (3.5–13.9)	<0.010
Late septic shock	15.0 (9.8–39.2)	17.8 (12.3–33.2)	0.717
CRP (mg/l)
Infection	110 (80–223)	54 (8–72)	<0.010
Early septic shock	203 (75–266)	144 (42–323)	0.162
Late septic shock	124 (44–210)	120 (90–258)	0.690
Lactate (mmol/l)
Infection	1.6 (0.8–2.0)	1.9 (1.0–5.1)	0.174
Early septic shock	2.3 (1.4–3.2)	1.9 (1.0–5.1)	0.520
Late septic shock	2.0 (0.8–4.5)	2.0 (0.7–2.8)	0.702

Value are expressed as median (range). CRP, C-reactive protein.