Figure 3.
Correlation between cytokine levels and clinical findings in cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Cytokine levels in supernatants of peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated with soluble Leishmania antigen (5 μg/mL) in elderly (N = 17) and young (N = 16) patients with CL were correlated with illness duration in the elderly (A and C) and the young (B and D). The correlation between interleukin (IL)-10 and number of lesions in elderly patients is expressed in E and in young patients in F.