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Table 2 Clinical and laboratory features in patients with HHV-6 and −7 compared to those with CMV

From: Viral pathogens in children hospitalized with features of central nervous system infection in a malaria-endemic region of Papua New Guinea

  

HHV6, 7 (n = 21*)

CMV (n = 17* )

P -value ¶

Age (months)

 

24 (8–56)

29 (6–38)

0.698

Impaired consciousness

 

11 (24)

3 (12)

0.04

Complex seizure

 

4 (19)

0 (0)

0.113

Cerebrospinal fluid

≥5 (cells/μL)

11 (52)

9 (53)

0.615

 

Protein (≥1 g/L)

4 (19)

1 (6)

0.243

Adverse outcome

Permanent disability

3 (14)

1 (6)

0.355

 

Mortality

1 (5)

0 (0)

  1. Data are numbers (percent) for dichotomous variables or medians (interquartile range) for continuous variables.
  2. *The child with HHV-7/CMV coinfection is included in both groups; ¶Fisher’s exact test or Mann Whitney U test used.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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