IL6 and Sepsis: Of those IL-6 values, 2.216 were determined in 927 healthy neonates (referred as controls—497 in term infants and 1.719 in preterm infants), and 151 IL-6 values in 109 neonates were determined on the day of a positive culture in episodes of culture-confirmed sepsis (referred as cases—3 in term infants and 148 in preterm infants).