CRP and hematologic disorder: In the present study, significant factors associated with the 60-day mortality of patients with BSI in the univariate analysis included older age, male, shorter hospitalization stay, diabetes, non-hematological malignancies, shock, respiratory failure; lower total protein, albumin, fibrinogen, and platelet levels; and higher alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, creatinine, ratio of granulocytes, D-dimer, and C-reactive protein levels.