Figure 6.

Patients exposed to T. gondii have increased INF-γ during sepsis. The serum concentrations of IFN-γ in septic patients or healthy individuals (healthy = 7, sepsis = 2, severe sepsis = 15, and septic shock = 11) were determined using ELISA (A–C). The data shown are the mean values of individual subjects from triplicate experiments (A–C). The statistical analysis was performed using ANOVA followed by Tukey's test; ^*p < 0.05. Linear regression analysis of the means of IFN-γ from septic patients in relationship to changes in the Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores are shown (r² = 0.2484; p < 0.0112) (B). The number of non-survivors is presented as a percentage (D).