Early alterations of B cells in patients with septic shock

Table 2 Peripheral blood cell count of B-lymphocyte subsets and their percentage in the compartment of circulating B lymphocytes in patients with septic shock and in healthy controls at ICU admission^a

Lymphocyte blood cell count (cells/μl)	Subset	Healthy controls	Septic shock patients
	CD19+	238.5 ± 13.2	208.1 ± 45.4*
	CD19+CD23+	148.3 ± 11.2	102.5 ± 17.8*
	CD19+CD69+	5.4 ± 1.0	7.1 ± 2.5
	CD19+CD5+	63.5 ± 5.2	44.5 ± 7.8*
	CD19+CD80+	73.6 ± 6.5	60.5 ± 15.8
	CD19+CD86+	35.9 ± 3.4	47.6 ± 10.2
	CD19+CD40+	223.5 ± 15.5	130.7 ± 21.6*
	CD19+CD95+	37.8 ± 2.7	30.3 ± 4.7
Percentage of CD19+ (%)	Subset	Healthy controls	Septic shock patients
	CD19+CD23+	57.4 ± 1.7	62.7 ± 4.6
	CD19+CD69+	2.6 ± 0.5	9.0 ± 2.1*
	CD19+CD5+	25.3 ± 1.5	24.6 ± 3.1
	CD19+CD80+	29.6 ± 1.7	32.4 ± 4.4
	CD19+CD86+	16.1 ± 1.2	36.7 ± 7.2*
	CD19+CD40+	94.6 ± 1.2	95.7 ± 1.5
	CD19+CD95+	16.1 ± 1.1	25.7 ± 4.7*

^aData are expressed as mean ± SE mean. *P < 0.05 between patients with septic shock and healthy controls.

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