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Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. · May 2012
Interleukin-10 and interferon-gamma patterns during tuberculosis treatment: possible association with recurrence.
- P M Lago, N Boéchat, D P Migueis, A S Almeida, L C Lazzarini, M M Saldanha, A L Kritski, J L Ho, and J R Lapa e Silva.
- Multidisciplinary Laboratory, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Institute of Thoracic Diseases, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 2012 May 1;16(5):656-9.
AbstractInterleukin (IL) 10 and interferon-gamma (IFN-) levels in induced sputum supernatants of 21 tuberculosis (TB) patients at diagnosis and during chemotherapy were correlated to recurrence rates. IL-10 decreased until day 60 of treatment (T60), and between T60 and T180 it increased again in 7 cases (Pattern 1) and further decreased in 14 cases (Pattern 2). Follow-up of 69 months was performed in 20/21 cases; 6 had recurrence of TB, of which 5/7 (71%) had Pattern 1 and 1/13 (7.7%) Pattern 2 (OR 30.0, 95%CI 2.19411.3, P 0.0072). This was not observed for IFN-. High IL-10 levels at the end of treatment may function as a risk factor for TB recurrence.
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