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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Infect Dis. 1998 Jun;177(6):1582–1587. doi: 10.1086/515313

Table 2.

Proinflammatory cytokine concentrations following ex vivo stimulation of whole blood leukocytes by lipopolysaccharide

Cytokine (pg/mL) Control Osteomyelitis Bone TB
TNF 189
(40–950)		 123
(19–3874)		 146
(6–873)
IL-6 17,145
(6723–108,183)		 17,641
(1801–150,346)		 23,781
(4672–76541)
IL-8 25
(25–500,000)		 463
(25–1668)		 25
(25–4898)

NOTE. Data are median (range) values. P values were not significant for differences in cytokine concentrations between patients with bacterial osteomyelitis (OM) vs. control subjects, patients with tuberculosis (TB) vs. osteomyelitis (TB) control subjects, or OM vs. TB patients.