Table 1.

Peripheral blood lymphocyte populations* in acute CNS TB children and uninfected children (controls)

	Acute phase	Controls	P-value
Lymphocytes (× 109/l)	6.77(3.6)	6.58(2.8)	0.863
CD3+ T -lymphocytes (× 109/l)	6.20(3.2)	5.11(2.1)	0.245
CD4+ T -lymphocytes (× 109/l)	2.17(1.2)	2.28(0.8)	0.753
CD8+ T -lymphocytes (× 109/l)	1.33(0.6)	1.09(0.4)	0.176
CD28+ T -lymphocytes (× 109/l)	0.36(0.2)	0.27(0.1)	0.105

* mean values (± SD)