Pathological analysis of children with childhood central nervous system infection based on changes in chemokines and interleukin-17 family cytokines in cerebrospinal fluid.

In the encephalopathy group, IL-8 may serve as a neurological prognostic index. IL-17 was increased in the convulsions following gastroenteritis group, particularly in cases with status epilepticus, suggesting its involvement as a convulsion-related factor.