Cytokine levels in children with CM and SMA who died or who survived. Plot of log-transformed concentrations (in picograms per milliliter) of different cytokines (IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and IL-12p70) in serum samples collected from five children who died (D, red dots) and those children who survived (S, black dots) after presenting with acute CM and SMA, showing medians and 10th and 90th percentiles.