Elevated Serum Interleukin-10 at Time of Hospital Admission Is Predictive of Mortality in Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

Warren E. Rose, Jens C. Eickhoff, Sanjay K. Shukla, Madhulatha Pantrangi, Suzan H. M. Rooijakkers, Sara E. Cosgrove, Victor Nizet, George Sakoulas

The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 111 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

SaB mortality was confined strictly to patients with elevated IL-10 concentrations. We recommend that future clinical trials of SaB stratify patients according to IL-10 and IL-1β serum concentrations in order to better evaluate the impact of therapeutic interventions on patient outcome.

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