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The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 4 Correlation between long-acting penicillin regimen and levels of long-acting penicillin, interleukin-6, and C-reactive protein

From: Study of the relation between serum levels of long-acting penicillin and the inflammatory markers: C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in patients with chronic rheumatic heart disease

 

LAP every 15 days (n = 34) (48.58%)

LAP every 21 days (n = 8) (11.42%)

LAP every 30 days (n = 28) (40 %)

p value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

LAP (ppb)

1.070

1.326

0.4609

0.5199

0.8364

1.229

0.4203

IL-6 (ppb)

24.65

30.99

49.13

55.50

19.09

26.19

0.0795

CRP (mg/dL)

8335

5085

8969

4693

8363

4983

0.9467

  1. LAP long-acting penicillin, CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 interleukin-6, SD standard deviation
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