Table 3.

Correlations Between Serum Th1/Th2/Th17 Cytokines with General Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Acute Brucellosis (n = 30)

Cytokines	CRP		ESR		WBC
	R	P	R	P	R	P
IL-2	0.550	0.002	−0.207	0.273	0.146	0.443
IL-4	−0.603	0.741	−0.260	0.165	0.210	0.265
IL-6	0.525	0.003	−0.031	0.871	0.301	0.106
IL-10	0.308	0.097	0.045	0.814	0.148	0.435
TNF-α	0.334	0.071	−0.102	0.593	−0.211	0.264
IFN-γ	0.111	0.561	−0.074	0.696	−0.152	0.423
IL-17A	−0.152	0.423	−0.058	0.762	0.248	0.186

Notes: R, Spearman correlation coefficient.

Abbreviations: IL, interleukin; IFN, interferon; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; WBC, white blood cell.