From: Acute cerebellitis in children: an eleven year retrospective multicentric study in Italy
 | VZV | No-VZV | P Value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | N | % | N | % |  |
Sex (N=104)a | |||||
 Male | 34 | 52 | 23 | 61 | 0.37 |
 Female | 32 | 48 | 15 | 39 |  |
Age, years (N=104)b [median, range] | 5 | 1–16 | 4 | 1–17 | 0.17 |
Score (N=104)c | |||||
 Low | 35 | 53 | 18 | 47 | 0.89 |
 Moderate | 27 | 41 | 18 | 47 |  |
 Severe | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 |  |
Steroids (N=68)a | |||||
 No | 12 | 32 | 17 | 55 | 0.06 |
 Yes | 25 | 68 | 14 | 45 |  |
Antivirals (N=94)c | |||||
 No | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0.001 |
 Yes | 55 | 95 | 24 | 67 |  |
CSF findings (pathological) (N=19)c | |||||
 No | 5 | 50 | 7 | 78 | 0.35 |
 Yes | 5 | 50 | 2 | 22 |  |
MRI (pathological) (N=52)c | |||||
 No | 28 | 90 | 19 | 90 | 1 |
 Yes | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 |  |
CT (pathological) (N=24)c | |||||
 No | 10 | 91 | 12 | 92 | 1 |
 Yes | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 |  |
EEG (pathological) (N=37)a | |||||
 No | 7 | 44 | 12 | 57 | 0.42 |
 Yes | 9 | 56 | 9 | 43 |  |