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For all markers, arithmetical means and standard deviations, area under the curve (AUC), cutoff values, sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (LR), and negative LR were calculated and correlated with presence or absence of ventriculitis.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n There were 35 patients without ventriculitis and 5 patients with ventriculitis. The mean \u00b1 SD IL-6 concentration in CSF was significantly increased, with 6519 \u00b1 4268 pg\/mL at onset of ventriculitis compared with 1065 \u00b1 1705 pg\/mL in patients without ventriculitis (p = 0.04). Regarding inflammatory markers in CSF, IL-6 showed the highest diagnostic potential for differentiation between the presence and absence of ventriculitis (AUC 0.938, cutoff 4064 pg\/mL, sensitivity 100%, specificity 92.3%, positive LR 13, and negative LR 0), followed by TLC (AUC 0.900, cutoff 64.5 \/\u00b5L, sensitivity 100%, specificity 80%, positive LR 5.0, and negative LR 0) and protein (AUC 0.876, cutoff 31.5 mg\/dL, sensitivity 100%, specificity 62.5%, positive LR 2.7, and negative LR 0).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n The level of IL-6 in CSF has the highest diagnostic value of all investigated inflammatory markers for detecting ventriculitis in TBI patients at an early stage. 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