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Assessment of Some Inflammatory Biomarkers as Predictors of Outcome of Acute Respiratory Failure on Top of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Evaluation of the Role of Bacteria

Table 4

Comparison between the levels of the studied biomarkers and the type of infection on admission.
BiomarkerInfection Significance
Gram-negative bacteria
(8 cases)		Gram-positive bacteria
(1 case)		Fungal
(2 cases)		Atypical infection
(5 cases)		Mixed (mycoplasma and others)
(3 cases)		No infection
(10 cases)
IL-6 (pg/dL)196.4 ± 239.112.835.4 ± 22.9117.72 ± 32.575.2 ± 5.210.67 ± 21.94 𝝌 𝟐 = 𝟏 𝟐 . 𝟎 𝟑
𝐏 = 𝟎 . 𝟎 𝟑 𝟒 ∗
IL-8 (pg/dL)96.96 ± 118.3211.818.75 ± 14.7839.1 ± 52.8843.87 ± 43.8787.53 ± 134.54 𝜒 2 = 0.839
P = 0.975
CRP (mg/L)2.84 ± 1.11 3.42.85 ± 0.783.04 ± 0.782.83 ± 2.832.55 ± 1.11 𝜒 2 = 1.54
P = 0.908