Clinical features of community acquired adenovirus pneumonia during the 2011 community outbreak in Southern Taiwan: role of host immune response

Table 3 Laboratory examinations of patients with adenovirus pneumonia based on the presence or absence of pleural effusion (N = 27)

Variables	Total (n = 27)	Adenoviral pneumonia without pleural effusion (n = 15)	Adenoviral pneumonia with pleural effusion (n = 12)	P value
WBC count, cells/mm³	9674 ± 3427	10926.7 ± 3043.6	8108.3 ± 3340.8	0.031*
Platelet, 10³ cells/mm³	236 ± 108	285.1 ± 108.2	175.8 ± 75.5	0.007*
ANC, cells/mm³	7451 ± 3173	8738.4 ± 2879.7	6291.7 ± 3255.9	0.090
ASC, cells/ mm³	6039 ± 2674	7083.4 ± 2370.8	4733.9 ± 2531.2	0.020*
ABC, cells/ mm³	1397 ± 912	1268.1 ± 903.8	1557.8 ± 934.7	0.423
ALC, cells/ mm³	1444 ± 1064	1677.3 ± 1204.2	1152.2 ± 814.9	0.209
CRP level, mg/L	68.9 (38.9 , 139.5)	62.9 (35.6 , 79.9)	110.8 (42.0 , 247.2)	0.082

Data were represented as mean ± SD and compared using two-sample t-test if data followed normal distribution; or median (IQR: 1st, 3rd quartiles) and compared using the Mann-Whitney U test if data didn’t follow normal distribution
ANC absolute neutrophil counts, ABC absolute band form cell counts, ASC absolute segment cell counts, ALC absolute lymphocyte counts
^* p < 0.05, indicates a significant difference between patients with and without pleural effusion

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