Compared with controls, abnormalities in inflammation, coagulation, and renal function were more frequent in the Mpox pneumonia group: elevated CRP in 66.7% and elevated PCT in 19.0% of patients, suggesting progression to severe infection or sepsis in some cases; anemia in 52.4%; and elevated creatinine in 28.6%, indicating that the inflammatory response may have involved hematopoietic and renal systems. The gene discussed is CRP; the disease is infection.