Research Article

Proinflammatory Mediators of Toxic Shock and Their Correlation to Lethality

Figure 4

Serum levels of TNFα, IL-1, IL-6, IFNγ, IL-2, MIP-2, and MCP-1 of mice treated with 30 μg SEB + 1 μg LPS or 30 μg SEB + 10 μg LPS (a) 8 hours after SEB administration (b) 21 hours after SEB administration. Values represent the geometric mean ± SD for each group. The “*” indicates P <  .05 when comparing the two groups.
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