Inflammatory Responses to Salmonella Infections Are Serotype-Specific

Table 1

Concentration of systemic interleukins (pg/mL) and calprotectin (ng/mL).

Interleukins and calprotectin	Healthy control subjects (𝑛=25)	Patients
		Acute disease		Convalescent
		S. Typhimurium; (𝑛=30)	S. Enteritidis; (𝑛=34)	S. Enteritidis; (𝑛=10)
IL-17	3.6±0.8^∗	10.4±2.3^x	22.8±3.2^xy	10.7±2.2^y
IL-1𝛽	1.6±0.5	6.7±1.6^xz	2.9±0.3^xyz	1.5±0.3^y
IL-10	3.8±1.1^∗	15.2±5.3	23.1±3.0	26.0±2.3
Calprotectin	6.9±0.9^∗	27.5±3.9^x	51.2±6.8^xy	17.9±3.4^y

∗Statistically significant difference compared to acute disease and convalescent group (𝑃<0.05).
^xDifference between the S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis acute infections is statistically significant (𝑃<0.05).
^yDifference between the acute disease and convalescent group is statistically significant (𝑃<0.05).
^zStatistically significant difference compared to healthy control (𝑃<0.05).