Figure 2.

Early onset neonatal sepsis (EONS) in preterm infants. Preterm infants meeting EMA sepsis criteria and definition of EONS (red, n = 3) compared to control group (white, n = 10). Plasma levels of surrogate parameters of NET formation and degradation (A–E) and CRP (F) are shown. Significant differences between preterm infants were found for cfDNA (A); Nucleosome (B); DNase I (C), and CRP (F). Data are visualized with violin plots including markers for median and interquartile range. Mann–Whitney tests were used. Significance was set at 0.05.