Table 2.

Pathogens isolated in blood cultures and their mean serial CRP values

Organisms (N)	CRP at T0 (mg/L), median, [IQR]	CRP at T24 (mg/L), median, [IQR]	CRP at T48 (mg/L), median, [IQR]
Coagulase-negative staphylococci (135)	10 [3–23]	40 [15–58]	19 [9–34]
Non-CoNS gram-positive bacteria (15)	8.0 [2–23]	38 [17–97]	38 [10–97]
Gram-negative bacteria (11)	32 [2–56]	90 [15–140]	93 [13–90]
Fungi (1)	6 [6–6]	6 [6–6]	6 [6–6]

Abbreviations: CoNS Coagulase-negative staphylococci, IQR Interquartile range

Note: At T0, T24 and T48, all comparisons of CRP values between pathogens were not statistically significantly different (all P values > 0.80 obtained by generalized estimated equations and adjusted with Bonferonni correction for multiples testing)