Research Article
Comparative Assessment of Cytokine Pattern in Early and Late Onset of Neonatal Sepsis
Table 3
Serum cytokine level (pg/mL) in confirmed bacterial and fungal neonatal sepsis (mean; quartile range).
| Cytokines | Bacterial sepsis | Fungal sepsis | -value | Mean | Mean | (quartile range) | (quartile range) |
| TNF-α | 112.0 (56–177.8) | 281.5 (177.5–450) | 0.007 | IL-1β | 15.0 (13–27.5) | 25.0 (12–39) | 0.007 | IL-4 | 43.5 (24.5–46.5) | 13.0 (10–26) | 0.01 | IL-6 | 26.7 (22.5–41.2) | 445.0 (53–491) | 0.01 | IL-10 | 88.0 (17–317) | 849.0 (323–1225) | 0.01 |
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value was calculated by using Wilcoxon method.
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