IL-1β and IL-6 in community-acquired pneumonia: Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia versus Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Devora Lieberman, S. Livnat, F. Schlaeffer, Avi Porath, Shulamit Horovitz, Rachel Levy

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Abstract

Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in 20 patients with bacteremic Streptococcus pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) were compared with these cytokine levels in 20 patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae CAP. All 40 patients survived hospitalization and underwent a follow-up examination one month later. Serum IL-1β and IL-6 levels were determined by the enzyme immunoassay (EIA) method using commercial kits. In the acute phase of CAP, IL-6 levels were significantly higher in the S. pneumoniae group (p = 0.014), while IL-1β levels were higher in the M. pneumoniae group (p = 0.046). In the convalescence phase, the two cytokines were detected in a considerable number of patients in both groups. In this phase, only the level of IL-1β was significantly higher in the M. pneumoniae group than in the S. pneumoniae group (p = 0.03). We conclude that the levels of IL-1β and IL-6 are different between patients with S. pneumoniae-CAP and M. pneumoniae-CAP during the acute phase. In the convalescence phase, cytokine levels remain high in some of the CAP patients, but a significant difference between the groups exists only for IL-1β. Further studies are required.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)90-94
Number of pages5
JournalInfection
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Apr 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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