Laboratory tests documented, after 24 h, relative neutropenia (white blood cells 8,850/mm3; neutrophils 1,460/mm3, 16.5%; lymphocytes 6,060/mm3 68.5%), thrombocytopenia (92,000/mm3), and high levels of c-reactive protein (CRP 33 mg/dl, normal values < 5) according with an early-onset sepsis, later confirmed by Group-B streptococcus growth revealed on blood culture. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and neutropenia.