Fig. 9

The correlations of the cytokine concentrations on admission with the convalescent cerebrospinal fluid parameters. The correlations between the cytokine concentrations on admission (in pg/ml, horizontal axes) and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cellular parameters in follow-up examination 10–16 days after hospital admission (in cells/μl, on vertical axes). The data from the individual patients are presented with points, the best linear fit with a continuous line, and the 95% confidence interval with dashed lines. The strength R and statistical significance p of the correlations are shown directly on plots. NS non-significant. a Neutrophil counts plotted against IL-17A concentration in serum (left) and CSF (right). b Total pleocytosis plotted against CXCL2 (upper row) and IL-17F (lower row) in serum (left) and CSF (right)