Research Article

Human Neutrophil Defensin-1, -3, and -4 Are Elevated in Nasal Aspirates from Children with Naturally Occurring Adenovirus Infection

Table 2

Differential and total cell counts in nasal aspirate fluids from symptomatic and asymptomatic.

CellsAsymptomaticSymptomatic

Neutrophils0 (0–16)52.0 (20.3–79.3)
Macrophages0 (0–3.0)24.2 (12.70–44.4)
Lymphocytes0 (0–0)7.2 (1.2–23.9)
Eosinophils0 (0–2.0)1.9 (0–4.6)
Epithelial28 (50–34)4.3 (2.3–15.6)
Total20 (1–50)330 (100–4000)

Data represented as median (range) × 103 (symptomatic (); asymptomatic ()).