Figure 1.

Kinetics of serum PCT (top) and CRP (bottom) in survivors and non-survivors. Box plots represent the 25th and 75th centiles; the internal horizontal line shows the median and whiskers show the 10th and 90th centiles. Circles represent outliers. Comparing between groups, p = 0.003 in D0 and p < 0.001 in D4 for procalcitonin (PCT); p = 0.77 in D0 and p = 0.14 in D4 for C-reactive protein (CRP).