Baseline cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and sera cytokines levels (pg/mL) of HIV-positive patients with cryptococcal meningitis (CM⁺ HIV⁺) and control groups: HIV-positive patients (CM^- HIV⁺) and HIV-negative subjects (CM^- HIV^-).

<p>Data are shown as boxes: internal horizontal lines, medians; tops and bottom of boxes, 25th and 75th percentiles, respectively. Upper and lower bars, tenth and 90th percentiles, respectively. Statistical comparisons were made using the Kruskal-Wallis test. The symbols (*p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001) represent the statistical analysis based on comparison of the three groups.