CRP and infection: Next to clinical factors, a number of inflammatory parameters including C-reactive protein (CRP), white blood cell count, procalcitonin and copeptin (11), interleukin-13 and interferon-γ (12), elevated monocyte count and interleukin-10 (13), and high circulating natural killer cell count within the first hours after stroke followed by a drop in all lymphocyte subsets (14) have been associated with post-stroke infections.