Table 1 Circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines are upregulated after seven days of infection

From: Surgical revision in the presence of an S. aureus infection increases virulence factor expression and activates a multi-tissue inflammatory response

Average Blood Serum Cytokine Change (pg mL-1) ± SD: Index to Revision

Cytokine

Uninfected

Infected

p-Value*

Fold Change

CINC-2

2.75 ± 19.46

168.74 ± 180.61

0.049

61.360

ICAM-1

34.73 ± 358.26

620.79 ± 414.36

0.026

17.875

IL-1a

−14.22 ± 35.95

48.97 ± 46.47

0.025

4.444

L-Selectin

−4.54 ± 46.61

168.98 ± 85.58

0.001

38.220

TIMP-1

412.44 ± 451.02

1325.08 ± 524.02

0.009

3.213

  1. *p-value determined by student’s t-test.
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