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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Apr;36(4):379–383. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001450

Table 2.

Stool Inflammatory Markers and Immunosuppression

Stool Calprotectin ug/g
(median, IQR)
Stool Lactoferrin ng/mL
(median, IQR)
Stool IL-8 pg/ml
(median, IQR)
Malignancy Diagnosis
 Yes (N=16) 8.6 (8.0–13.2) P= 0.04 800 (0–5,800) P< 0.01 0 (0–0) P<0.01
 No (N=12) 24.6 (8.4–265.2) 23,049 (5,814–62,457) 106.0 (0–428.8)

Immunosuppressant Use*
 Yes (N=22) 9.1 (8.2–18.1) P=0.28 819 (414–18,330) P=0.14 0 (0–0) P=0.14
 No (N=6) 37.0 (8.2–354.3) 20,691 (4,334–61,083) 62.0 (0–169.0)
*

30 days prior to symptom onset

Wilcoxon test