Symptoms of AP and cUTI groups (Clinical Study Designin Materials and Methods) persisted for amean of 4.5 days (SD 3.1); mean peripheral white blood cell countand C-reactive protein levels were 16.1 mg/L (SD 4.6) and 184.4 mg/L(SD 71.6), respectively. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and alkaline phosphatase measurement.