In conservatively treated patients (cS, cNS), differences in infection parameters could be shown after 14 days of the first diagnosis: CRP: cNS 5.1 ± 6 mg/dL vs. cS 1.4 ± 1, p = 0.08; leukocytes: cNS 7.3 U/L vs. cS 5.3±1 U/L, p = 0.044 (Fig. 4). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and infection.