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Box-plot showing that neither C-reactive protein (a), platelet count (b), nor IRF (d) presented significant differences between patients with severe sepsis or septic shock (“severe sepsis” group; n = 12), compared to non-complicated sepsis (“sepsis” group; n = 11). As expected, lactate levels were higher in the former group (c). All values obtained at the time of ICU admission. Mann-Whitney test.
