The expression of the chemokine receptor CCR5 in tick-borne encephalitis

Table 1 The median values of the basic cerebrospinal fluid parameters in the patient groups studied cytometrically for CCR5 expression

	Pleocytosis/μl			Lymphocyte count/μl			Protein (mg/dl)^d			Albumin (mg/dl)^e
	I	II	III	I	II	III	I	II	III	I	II	III
TBE total (n = 76)^f	73^a	43^c	17^c	39^a	42	16^c	56	58	43^c	41	39	29^c
TBE—M (n = 34)^f	79	52	18^c	44	47	18^c	55	59	42^c	43	42	30^c
TBE—ME (n = 33)^f	64	41	13^c	37	34	14^c	57	55	42^c	40	37	27^c
TBE—MEM (n = 6)^f	171^b	38	26	77	30	23	74	86	59	52	41	39
NB (n = 15)^f	234^a	52^c	21^c	207^a	50^c	18^c	119	60^c	44^c	77	46^c	33^c
AM (n = 7)^f	213^a	22^c	15	102^a	20^c	33	60	44^c	43	41	33^c	22

TBE tick-borne encephalitis, M meningitis, ME meningoencephalitis, MEM meningoencephalomyelitis, NB neuroborreliosis, AM aseptic meningitis (non-TBE, non-NB)
I—examination on admission to hospital; II—10–14 days later, III—6–8 weeks later
^asignificant difference between TBE and other neuroinfection groups (p < 0.05)
^bsignificant difference in comparison with TBE-M and TBE-ME groups
^csignificant decrease in comparison with examination I (p < 0.05)
^dthe upper limit of normal is 45 mg/dl
^ethe upper limit of normal is 30 mg/dl
^fthe group size in examination I; in examinations II and III some patients from each group were not available for study

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