For two common clinical useful inflammatory markers—white cell count and C-reactive protein (CRP)—the patients in the bacteremia group exhibited higher rates of leukocytosis (white cell count >10,000 cell/mL) and elevation of CRP (at >5 mg/dL) (leukocytosis: 68.2% vs. 57.6%, p = 0.000; elevation of CRP: 96.2% vs. 78.6%, p = 0.000). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and Increased total leukocyte count.