Figure 1

Serum procalcitonin (PCT) level (Fig. A), white blood cell count (WBC) (Fig. B) and C-reactive protein (CRP) level (Fig. C), at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative (left boxes, GN; n = 52) or gram positive (right boxes, GP; n = 45) species in critically ill patients with clinical sepsis. Data are presented as box plots with median lines, 25- and 75-percentile boxes, and 10- and 90-percentile error bars. The circles represent the outliers. A log scale is used for the Y-axis in the Fig. A. * indicate p < 0.05 between GP and GN bacteremia.