Measurement of complement receptor 1 on neutrophils in bacterial and viral pneumonia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Comparison of receptor expressions of neutrophils and monocytes in patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae, influenza A and aetiologically undefined pneumonia. Group comparisons after ANOVA carried out using Tukey's multiple comparison technique.

	p value
Parameter	A vs B	A vs C	B vs C	A vs D	B vs D	C vs D
WBC (×10⁹/l)	0.1052	0.7702	0.0243	0.0010	<0.0001	<0.0001
PMNL (×10⁹/l)	0.0586	0.7265	0.0813	<0.0001	0.0001	<0.0001
CRP (mg/l)	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.0417	-	-	-
ESR (mm/h)	0.0012	0.3333	0.0094	-	-	-
Receptor expression of neutrophils
CR1	0.0002	0.9836	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.8091	<0.0001
CR3	0.6191	0.0020	0.2263	0.3983	0.0307	<0.0001
FcγRI	0.2826	0.9935	0.2518	<0.0001	0.0053	<0.0001
FcγRII	0.5413	0.9998	0.2031	0.6273	0.9311	0.0431
FCγRIII	0.6049	0.1487	0.9358	0.0222	0.6231	0.7949
Receptor expression of monocytes
CR1	0.7146	0.1320	0.0100	<0.0001	0.0027	<0.0001
CR3	0.3126	0.0057	0.2553	0.1858	0.0002	<0.0001
FcγRI	0.0166	0.0308	1.0000	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
FcγRII	0.1630	0.0655	0.9999	0.8781	0.0033	<0.0001

WBC = white blood cell count, PMNL = polymorphonuclear leukocyte count, CRP = serum C-reactive protein, ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate, A = S. pneumoniae pneumonia, B = Influenza A pneumonia, C = Aetiologically undefined pneumonia, D = controls.

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