Determination of interleukin-8 (IL-8)‎ levels in pneumonia patients

Abstract EN

The result of interleukin-8 level through acute and chronic phases in pneumonia patients sera was showed high level in patients compared with healthy persons (0.194 ± 0.046, 0.095 ± 0.006 pg / ml, respectively) with a significant difference statistically (P 0.05).

The results of interleukin 8 levels in the age group (2 months -3 years) higher than the age groups (age 15-60 years) (age 60-85years) (0.154 ± 0.04, 0.131 ± 0.02, 0.113 ± 0.2 pg / ml, respectively) with no significant difference (P 0.05).