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Table 6 Main findings of VZV and non-VZV related AC/ACA

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

 
  1. aChi2
  2. bMann-Whitney test
  3. cFisher exact test. CSF cerebrospinal fluids