Title
Cytokines and t-lymphocyte count in patients in the acute and chronic phases of bartonella bacilliformis infection in an endemic area in Peru: A pilot study
Other title
Citoquinas y recuento de Linfocitos T en pacientes en fase aguda y crónica de infección por Bartonella bacilliformis, en una área endémica del Perú: Estudio piloto
Date Issued
01 May 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
Abstract
Human Bartonellosis has an acute phase characterized by fever and hemolytic anemia, and a chronic phase with bacillary angiomatosis-like lesions. This cross-sectional pilot study evaluated the immunology patterns using pre- and post-treatment samples in patients with Human Bartonellosis. Patients between five and 60 years of age, from endemic areas in Peru, in the acute or chronic phases were included. In patients in the acute phase of Bartonellosis a state of immune peripheral tolerance should be established for persistence of the infection. Our findings were that elevation of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and numeric abnormalities of CD4+ and CD8+ T-Lymphocyte counts correlated significantly with an unfavorable immune state. During the chronic phase, the elevated levels of IFN-γ and IL-4 observed in our series correlated with previous findings of endothelial invasion of B. henselae in animal models.
Start page
149
End page
154
Volume
53
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79960290488
PubMed ID
Source
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
ISSN of the container
0036-4665
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