Abstract

EVALUATION OF SOME CYTOKINES IN IRAQI PATIENTS BEFORE AND AFTER SURGICAL REMOVAL OF HYDRATED CYST

Waheeda Rashid Ali* and Lamyaa Ali Hussain

Abstract

Cystic Echinococcosis (CE), also known as Hydatidosis, is one of the most important parasitic diseases in the world. Postsurgical relapses or treatment failure is a frequent risk and a long-term clinical and serological follow-up is required to evaluate the success and failure of therapy. Therefore, the present study was aimed to identify the serum cytokine that correlate with the effectiveness of surgical treatment. The relation of serum cytokine levels was evaluated in 52 patients with cystic Echinococcosis (CE). Serum, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, TGF-β1 and TNF-α concentrations were determined by ELISA before and after surgical treatment.

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