Fig 1.
IL-8 (a), IL-10 (b) and IL-18 (c) levels in non-asthmatic patients with severe M. pneumoniae pneumonia (group 1) and mild M. pneumoniae pneumonia (group 2), and in asthmatic patients with M. pneumoniae pneumonia (group 3).
Serum IL-10 and IL-18 levels were significantly higher in patients infected by M. pneumoniae without asthma than those in group 3. However, IL-8 levels were not significantly different. Serum IL-10 levels were significantly lower in group 1 than in group 2, while IL-18 levels were significantly higher in group 1; IL-8 levels were not significantly different.
Table 1.
Clinical factures, laboratory findings, and serum levels of IL-8, IL-10 and IL-18 of patients with M. pneumoniae pneumonia and control subjects.
Table 2.
Serum levels of IL-8, IL-10 and IL-18 of patients before therapy and after therapy.
Fig 2.
Serum levels of IL-8 (a), IL-10 (b), and IL-18 (c) relationship with CRP.
Significant relationships were found between IL-8 levels and CRP levels, as well as between IL-18 levels and CRP levels, although no significant relationship was found between IL-10 and CRP levels.