Figure 1From: Serum procalcitonin elevation in critically ill patients at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative or gram positive bacteriaSerum 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.Back to article page