Effect of prednisolone on inflammatory markers in pericardial tuberculosis: A pilot study

IJC Heart & Vasculature
Justin ShenjeKatalin A Wilkinson

Abstract

Pericardial disorders are a common cause of heart disease, and the most common cause of pericarditis in developing countries is tuberculous (TB) pericarditis. It has been shown that prednisolone added to standard anti-TB therapy leads to a lower rate of constrictive pericarditis. We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the effect of adjunctive prednisolone treatment on the concentration of inflammatory markers in pericardial tuberculosis, in order to inform immunological mechanisms at the disease site. Pericardial fluid, plasma and saliva samples were collected from fourteen patients with pericardial tuberculosis, at multiple time points. Inflammatory markers were measured using multiplex luminex analysis and ELISA. In samples from 14 patients we confirmed a strongly compartmentalized immune response at the disease site and found that prednisolone significantly reduced IL-6 concentrations in plasma by 8 hours of treatment, IL-1beta concentrations in saliva, as well as IL-8 concentrations in both pericardial fluid and saliva by 24 hours. Monitoring the early effect of adjunctive immunotherapy in plasma or saliva is a possibility in pericarditis.

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Jan 16, 2020·Current Cardiology Reports·Godsent IsiguzoMpiko Ntsekhe

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