Patients in the sepsis group had higher PCT, WBC, CRP, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, IL-17, IFN-γ, and SOFA scores than those in the infection group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05) (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene CXCL8 and Sepsis.