Fig. 3

Response of infection indicators to antibiotic therapy. Despite of empirical antibiotic therapy, piperacillin / tazobactam, cefoperazone / sulbactam+ moxifloxacin + fluconazole, and vancomycin + meropenem being used successively, the levels of infectious indicators including CRP and PCT remained high. Finally, they decreased steadily after linezolid therapy, according to the fourth blood culture and drug sensitivity result