The balance between the serum levels of IL-6 and IL-10 cytokines discriminates mild and severe acute pneumonia.

Rita de Cássia Coelho Moraes de BritoNorma Lucena-SilvaLeuridan Cavalcante TorresCarlos Feitosa LunaJaílson de Barros CorreiaGiselia Alves Pontes da Silva

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2016)

The balance between IL-6 and IL-10 serum levels showed to be a more discriminative marker for severity definition and evaluation of recovery in patients with pneumonia.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure