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Table 3.

Cytokine detection in human serum samples from normal non-pregnant and pregnant women with pyelonephritis, using the two methods.

Samples	Dendrimer Plate Concentration [pg ml^-1]	Kit Plate Concentration [pg ml^-1]
Normal non-pregnant women serum [IL-6]	1.48	1.51
Pyelonephritis Positive BC [IL-6] [Patient 1]	292	312
Pyelonephritis Negative BC [IL-6] [Patient 2]	252	215
Pyelonephritis Positive BC [IL-1β] [Patient 1]	809	[^a]
Pyelonephritis Negative BC [IL-1β] [Patient 2]	303	[^a]

^[a]

not measured.

BC: blood culture