At presentation, laboratory tests were remarkable for anemia (Hgb = 7.7 g/dL) marked elevation in acute-phase reactants (CRP = 425 mg/L; procalcitonin = 0.33 ng/mL), and white blood cells with neutrophilic predominance (leukocytes: 14,100 cells/mm3; neutrophils: 85.4%). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and anemia (phenotype).