Accuracy of an experimental whole-blood test for detecting reactivation of echinococcal cysts.

Linda PetroneFrancesca Tamarozzi Ambra Vola Maria Ángeles Gómez-Morales Alessandra LudovisiSaeid Najafi FardMara Mariconti Enrico Brunetti Delia Goletti

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)

Whole-blood IL-4-response to AgB is significantly higher in patients with active compared to inactive CE but apparently not modulated over time after treatment. On the contrary, the levels of IL-1ra, IL-6, IL-8, G-CSF, IFN-γ, IP-10, MCP-1, MIP-1α, FGF significantly decreased in active CE during follow-up. Additional studies are needed to understand whether these findings might have a clinical significance for patients' follow-up.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
immune response
prognostic factors
systemic lupus erythematosus
patient reported outcomes
interstitial lung disease
case control