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Fig. 3 | BMC Infectious Diseases

Fig. 3

From: Divergent cerebrospinal fluid cytokine network induced by non-viral and different viral infections on the central nervous system

Fig. 3

Cerebrospinal fluid cellularity was measured in control samples, virus not detected (undiagnosed) and virus-positive patients with meningoencephalitis (a) as described in material and methods. Results are expressed as number of cells per field (#cells/field). The global median of meningoencephalitis group was calculated and employed as a cut off point to discriminate patients with low and high cellularity. Percentages of high cellularity are displayed for virus not detected (undiagnosed) and virus-positive patients with aseptic meningitis. b Virus not detected (undiagnosed) and virus-positive patients with meningoencephalitis were classified as with either high or low cellularity and subdivided in two groups. The levels of the cytokines IL-6, IL-12, IL-17, TNF-α, IFN-γ and IL-10 (expressed as Mean Fluorescence Intensity-MFI) of the subgroups were compared. Statistical differences between subgroups within the same group are highlighted as connecting lines or # and differences between groups (black versus gray) were highlighted as *. The median values for each cytokine measured in the control sample are represented by a dotted line in each graph

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