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. 2009 Apr 8;13(2):R50. doi: 10.1186/cc7775

Table 4.

Comparison of different parameters between patients with bacterial infection and those with non-bacterial infection

	Variable	Duration of fever (hours)	CRP (mg/L)	CRP-velocity (mg/:/hour)	WBC (10³/ml³)	Neutrophils (10³/ml³)
Bacterial (n = 108)	Mean	36.5	63.77	3.61	13.94	11.74
	Interquartile range	6.0 to 46.8	37.4 to 156.0	1.97 to 7.41	9.85 to 17.55	7.47 to 15.41

Non-bacterial (n = 70)	Mean	68.7	15.2	0.41	8.35	5.77
	Interquartile range	17.8 to 90	9.8 to 51.6	0.18 to 1.49	5.88 to 9.75	3.44 to 7.31

P value		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

CRP = C-reactive protein; WBC = white blood cells.