Human herpesvirus type 8 in tuberculosis patients with effusion

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Age, lymphocyte count, monocyte count, HHV-8 seropostitivity, titer of anti-HHV-8 antibodies, and presence of HHV-8 DNA in TB patients with and without effusions

	n	Age^a (years)	Lymphocyte count^a/μL	Monocyte count^a/μL	IFA (+) rate^b	Anti-HHV-8						HHV-8 DNA
	n	Age^a (years)	Lymphocyte count^a/μL	Monocyte count^a/μL	IFA (+) rate^b	1:40	1:80	1:160	1:320	1:640	1:1280	HHV-8 DNA
TB patients with effusion	40	60.1 ± 17.1	1112 ± 452	558 ± 290	27.5 % (11/40)	7	3	0	1	0	0	1
P value		0.52	0.035^c	0.87^c	0.56^d	0.45^e						0.67^f
TB patients without effusion	89	61.8 ± 12.6	1380 ± 729^g	549 ± 293^g	32.6 % (29/89)	14	8	2	1	3	1	5

HHV-8 human herpesvirus type 8, IFA mmunofluorescence assay, TB tuberculosis
^aMean ± standard deviation. ^bPositive in the IFA. ^c t-test. ^dχ² test. ^eMann–Whitney test. ^fFisher’s exact test. ^gLymphocyte and monocyte counts of 9 TB patients without effusions were unavailable

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