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Table 4 Immune phenotype of white blood cells of patients with adenovirus pneumonia based on the presence or absence of pleural effusion (n = 8)

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

Variables

Adenoviral pneumonia without pleural effusion (n = 3)

Adenoviral pneumonia with pleural effusion (n = 5)

P value

WBC count, cells/mm3

13500 (11500 , 18600)

6400 (5400 , 12800)

0.089

Lymphocyte counts, cells/mm3

2418 (1150 , 2835)

1802 (403 , 2530)

0.451

CD4+ T cells, cells/mm3

597 (465 , 1321)

130 (102 , 319)

0.034*

CD8+ T cells, cells/ mm3

601 (284 , 621)

108 (70 , 286)

0.031*

CD20+ T cells, cells/ mm3

439 (216 , 445)

35 (14 , 112)

0.004*

NK cells, cells/ mm3

77 (15 , 295)

23 (2 , 65)

0.393

  1. *p < 0.05, indicates a significant difference between patients with and without pleural effusion