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Serum cytokine levels in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with and without Pneumocystis jirovecii colonisation
| Cytokine level (pg/mL) | COPD without/with P. jirovecii colonisation |
P-value (Student's T) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Without (N = 23) | With (N = 28) | ||
| IL-8 (mean±SD) | 13.89±13.87 | 21.26±9.25 | 0.028 |
| TNF-α (mean±SD) | 3.57±2.03 | 8.15±10.6 | 0.047 |
| IL-6 (mean±SD) | 5.34±5.45 | 16.95±25.06 | 0.038 |
