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. 2011 Oct 1;8:8. doi: 10.1186/1742-4933-8-8

Table 3.

Immunological characteristics of the 97 elderly patients with NI according to the initial site of infection

Lung
n = 45
Urinary tract
n = 33
Other sites
n = 19
p value
IRP+ 17(37.8%) 7(22.5%) 5(26.3%) 0.36

CD4/CD8 < 1 6(13.9%) 4(12.1%) 0 (0%) 0.26

CD8 T-cells > 600 9(20.9%) 4(12.1%) 4(21.5%) 0.60

CD28-CD8+ T-cells > 300 17(37.7%) 9(30%) 5(27.7%) 0.73

Positive CMV serology 39 (86.6%) 22 (68.7%) 15 (78.9%) 0.16

Patients with infection at several sites were classified based on the site involved initially.