Heightened Local T_h17 Cell Inflammation Is Associated with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children under the Age of 1 Year

Figure 2

Inflammatory cytokine levels in plasma and BAL from children year (plasma, ; BAL, ). Cytokine levels are presented as box plots outlined with kernel probability density. Medians and quartiles are indicated with whiskers reaching up to 1.5× IQR. The width of the colored area represents the proportion of data (green, plasma; red, BAL). Levels of plasma and BAL cytokines were compared in pairs using the Wilcoxon test; , , , .