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 sepsisFungal sepsis-value
MeanMean
(quartile range)(quartile range)

TNF-α112.0 (56–177.8)281.5 (177.5–450)0.007
IL-1β15.0 (13–27.5)25.0 (12–39)0.007
IL-443.5 (24.5–46.5)13.0 (10–26)0.01
IL-626.7 (22.5–41.2)445.0 (53–491)0.01
IL-1088.0 (17–317)849.0 (323–1225)0.01

value was calculated by using Wilcoxon method.