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Table 1 Cytokine levels in the plasma of a patient with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis as manifestation of IRIS, before and after Amphotericin B treatment

From: Immune response to Leishmania antigens in an AIDS patient with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS): a case report

Cytokine

Amphotericin B treatment

Before

After

IFN-γ

0.0

47.7

TNF-α

11.1

17.8

IL-10

5.3

13.3

IL-2

15.0

22.5

IL-4

7.1

8.2

IL-6

17.6

10.6

IFN-γ/IL-10 ratio

0.0

3.6

  1. Data are presented in pg/mL. Cytokine levels were quantified before and one day after the end of Amphotericin B and corticosteroid treatment.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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