Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Dispatch
Human Infection with M- Strain of Brucella canis
Table
Cellular immune response in vitro to Brucella cytoplasmic proteinsa
Antigen | Lymphocyte proliferation (SI) | IL-2b (fold increase) | IFN-γb (fold increase) | IL-10b (fold increase) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before therapy | BLS | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
CP | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4.5 | |
End of therapy | BLS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
CP | 2.5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
55 days after end of therapy | BLS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
CP | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
aBLS, Brucella lumazine synthase; CP, cytoplasmic proteins; SI, stimulation indices; IL, interleukin; IFN, interferon.
bBy reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.