In contrast to the patients with sepsis, patients with chronic rheumatism presented a significant lower elevation of inflammatory markers such as CRP, leukocyte count, IL-6 and IL-10 (P<0.05; Fig 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G and 1H) reflecting the moderate inflammatory condition. Here, CRP is linked to Sepsis.