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. 2013 Aug 6;208(10):1571–1579. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit343

Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Procollagen III N-terminal propeptide (PIIINP) concentrations are elevated in the plasma of patients with tuberculosis (TB). (A) PIIINP concentration was measured by ELISA in plasma from patients of mixed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence with a CD4 cell count of >200. PIIINP was significantly elevated in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis compared to controls. (B) Plasma Total C-terminal telopeptides of type I collagen (CTX-I) was no different between patients with tuberculosis and controls. (C) Plasma PIIINP correlated with induced sputum MMP-1 on Spearman's analysis. (D) Plasma PIIINP correlated with chest X-ray (CXR) infiltration scored on a scale of 1–10.