Table 2

Biological variables of group II: abacterial inflammatory diseases

Inflammatory diseasesnWhite blood count Median (range) (×109/l)CRP Median (range) (mg/l)Procalcitonin Median (range) (ng/ml)
TRAPS, TNFα receptor associated periodic syndrome; BOOP, Bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia.
Viral infections9 5.1 (2.3–13.3) 15.1 (1.9–145)0.2 (0.1–1.1)
Still’s disease412.2 (11.4–14.1)229.5 (78–313)0.1 (0.1–0.5)
Crystal arthritis510.1 (4.6–12.0)234 (80–403)0.3 (0.1–0.7)
Vasculitis24 9.2 (3.3–17.4) 82.05 (7.6–387)0.1 (0.1–0.8)
    Giant cell arteritis13/24 9.1 (5.2–16.6) 84.6 (57.4–310)0.1 (0.1–0.2)
Ulcerative colitis10 9.0 (4.4–19.5) 48.75 (0.9–71.5)0.1 (0.1–0.2)
Sarcoidosis3 9.0 (6.9–9.5) 6.7 (2.4–14)0.2 (0.1–0.3)
Connective tissue disease4 5.8 (2.8–9.4) 10.95 (5.4–20)0.1 (0.1–0.2)
TRAPS1 9.7 40.90.2
Amyloidosis1 6.7 8.50.4
BOOP1 6.4 68.60.2
Weber Christian disease1 4.2 32.40.1
Relapsing polychondritis2 9.5 (8.7–10.4)178.15 (3.3–353)0.2 (0.1–0.3)
Neoplasm25 7.8 (4.7–15.0)108.75 (4.7–258)0.2 (0.1–0.5)
Pulmonary embolism/phlebitis1410.7 (6.8–14.9)107 (21.3–274)0.1 (0.1–0.4)
Thyroiditis2 6.6 (4.7–8.5)191 (135–247)0.15 (0.1–0.2)
Haematoma2 7.9 (7.9–8.0) 34.15 (25.6–42.7)0.1
Farmer’s lung1 5.7 8.80.5
Chronic aortic dissection1 6.62030.2
Osteoporotic fracture1 5.5 990.2
Drug fever2 7.6 3.50.1