CRP and infection: After multivariate analysis, only Pitt bacteraemia score, C-reactive protein level, white blood cell count, catheter-related infection as infection source, infection by pathogen with vancomycin MIC ≥ 2 mg/L, infection by pathogen with vancomycin MIC ≥ 1.5 mg/L and inappropriate therapy were independent risk factors for 30-day mortality.