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Box plot of PCT values in patients with CAP caused by a virus, a bacterium, or a combination of a virus and a bacterium. The PCT values in patients with bacterial pneumonia (bacteria alone plus bacteria combined with a virus) versus virus alone is highly significant; P < 0.001.
