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Table 6 The presence of the residual neutrophils in the cerebrospinal fluid of 172 TBE patients in the convalescent period after 10–16 days of hospital treatment is more frequent in patients with the objective neurologic sequelae

From: The intrathecal expression and pathogenetic role of Th17 cytokines and CXCR2-binding chemokines in tick-borne encephalitis

 

TBE total

n = 172

TBE sequelae

Absent

n = 165

Present

n = 7

Neutrophils absent

(patient number and percentage)

99

58%

98a

59%

1a

14%

Neutrophils present

(patient number and percentage)

73

42%

67a

41%

6a

86%

  1. aSignificant difference between the patients with and without sequelae (p < 0.05) in a chi-square test