IL-6 and IL-10 had best area under the curve (AUC) when bacterial meningitis was compared with controls; some indeterminate infants had cytokine patterns similar to infants with bacterial meningitisTNF-α: AUC 0.88IL-1: AUC 0.86IL-6: AUC 0.91IL-8: AUC 0.89IL-10: AUC 0.91IL-12: AUC 0.63 Here, IL6 is linked to bacterial meningitis.