Review Article

Bacterial Infections, DNA Virus Infections, and RNA Virus Infections Manifest Differently in Neutrophil Receptor Expression

Table 3

Parameters measured in the patient material expressed as mean (S.D.). Receptor expression data from both heparin and EDTA anticoagulated blood samples are presented.

VariablesMicrobiologically confirmedHealthy ControlClinically diagnosed
Bacterial infectionViral infection( 𝑛 = 6 0 )Bacterial infectionViral infection
( 𝑛 = 4 6 )( 𝑛 = 3 8 )( 𝑛 = 4 3 )( 𝑛 = 8 )

 CRP (mg/L)232 (135)40 (41)217 (103)43 (49)
 ESR (mm/h)65 (28)19 (19)69 (27)22 (15)
 WBC (×109/L)11 (4.9)7.7 (4.1)4.8 (1.3)9.8 (4.8)5.9 (1.4)
 PMNL (%)71 (14)51 (22)51 (9.8)74 (13)49 (20)
 PMNL (×109/L)8.2 (3.6)3.5 (2.0)2.6 (0.9)7.5 (3.9)2.6 (1.0)

Heparin sample
 Neutrophil CR121 (9.9)5.7 (2.9)6.3 (2.2)20 (7.5)6.4 (3.3)
 Neutrophil CR3100 (51)54 (23)49 (18)104 (45)59 (35)
 TNCR index4.1 (0.5)2.9 (0.5)2.8 (0.3)4.0 (0.5)2.9 (0.5)
 CIS point6.2 (1.7)0.6 (1.0)6.3 (1.9)0.6 (1.2)

EDTA sample ( 𝑛 = 1 5 ) ( 𝑛 = 6 ) ( 𝑛 = 1 8 )
 Neutrophil CR18.3 (2.4)6.2 (2.8)4.8 (1.3)
 Neutrophil CR334 (12)36 (11)28 (6.0)