FIGURE 4.
Comparisons of serum levels of β-d-glucan and Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) before and after Pneumocystis pneumonia treatment. The levels of β-d-glucan significantly decreased in both groups: a) median value of the interstitial lung disease (ILD) group from 78.5 to 38.5 pg·mL−1, p=0.006; b) non-ILD group from 95.0 to 27.0 pg·mL−1, p=0.001). c) The level of KL-6 significantly increased in the ILD group (median value from 1505.0 to 2730.0 U·mL−1, p=0.001) and d) did not change significantly in the non-ILD group (median value from 659.5 to 550.0 U·mL−1, p=0.249).