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Fig. 3 | BMC Infectious Diseases

Fig. 3

From: Multiplex cytokine analysis in Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: relationship between CXCL10 and poor prognostic factors

Fig. 3

Comparison of CXCL10 concentrations between the patients who initiated treatment and those who did not. (a) Five of the fifteen patients previously untreated were commenced on antimicrobial therapies during the study period. After excluding a patient aged over 80 years who was ineligible for antibiotic treatment because of age, CXCL10 was significantly higher in the patients who commenced antimicrobial treatment (p = 0.046). (b) Receiver operating characteristic curve of the CXCL10 concentration and treatment commencement for 14 patients. Sensitivity and specificity calculated were 100 and 66.7%, respectively, when the CXCL10 cut-off was defined as 366.5 pg/mL, with area under the curve of 0.844

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