FIG 2 .

Relative differential gene expression of cytokines in diabetic melioidosis patients compared to the expression in patients with sepsis infection due to other pathogens and healthy negative controls. Relative gene expression in PBMCs from diabetic melioidosis patients (n = 17) and from sepsis controls (n = 10) and healthy controls (n = 5) is shown. Expression levels were normalized against beta actin as the reference housekeeping gene. A relative expression ratio of >1.5 is considered to show upregulation, and a relative expression ratio of ≤0.5 is considered to show downregulation. *, relative expression ratio is significantly different (P < 0.05).