Figure 1From: Elevated CXCL-8 expression in bronchoalveolar lavage correlates with disease severity in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome resulting from tuberculosisCytokines levels in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of patients with tuberculosis (TB), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and the combination of both TB and ARDS. BAL CXCL8 (A), IL-6 (B), IL-1β (C) and TNFα (D) levels in patients with TB, ARDS and in combined patients were measured by ELISA as described in material and methods. Control subjects are age-matched with a negative PPD (purified protein derivative) test. Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 30 in each group except for controls where n = 20). *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01 and ***p ≤ 0.01 compared with control.Back to article page