An Alteration of Lymphocytes Subpopulations and Immunoglobulins Levels in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Infected Particularly by Resistant Pathogens

Figure 1

The comparison of serum levels of immunoglobulins including IgG subclasses among patients with chronic DFUs infected by sensitive and resistant pathogens and diabetic controls. Data are presented as means ± SD; patients with DFUs (diabetic foot ulcers) infected by sensitive (subgroup S; ) or resistant pathogens (subgroup R; ). Age, sex, and type of diabetes matched diabetic controls (); Ig: immunoglobulin; value of significance between patients with DFUs infected by sensitive (subgroup S) or resistant pathogens (subgroup R) and diabetic controls determined using Kruskal-Wallis one way analysis of variance test. : mean serum levels of IgA, IgG, and IgG1 in subgroup S versus diabetic controls. : mean serum levels of IgG in subgroup S versus subgroup R. : mean serum levels of IgG4 in subgroup S versus subgroup R.