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Comparison between laboratory tests before and after therapy in group 2 patients.
| Variable | Group 2 patients after antibiotic therapy |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before treatment Mean ± SD | After treatment Mean ± SD | Test value t p | ||
| White blood cell counts (×106/L) | 22.6 ± 8.8 | 11.8 ± 6.9 | 3.59 | <0.05 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/L) | 49.8 ± 28.2 | 9.5 ± 4.3 | 4.36 | <0.001 |
| Procalcitonin (ng/mL) | 4.8 ± 3.9 | 0.8 ± 0.65 | 6.57 | <0.001 |
