Number of cases (N) with confirmed positive blood cultures and low WBC indices with positive (>10 mg/L) CRP values versus negative (<10 mg/L) serial CRP results.¹

1 = Only cases with a full set of reported WBC and differential were analyzed. 2 = CONS = coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. 3 = Total serial CRP pos. N = 43; total serial CRP neg. N = 17. 4 = Total serial CRP pos. N = 54; total serial CRP neg. N = 16.