The role of interleukins in the diagnosis of inflammatory process in COVID-19 and tuberculosis.

Abstract

Coronavirus and tuberculosis, although caused by various pathogens, have many common features. In the pathogenesis of COVID-19 and tuberculosis the same features, a hyper-inflammatory reaction of the body, characterized by a pathological level of cytokines, is common. Specific immunity mediators- cytokines- control the formation of particular inflammation with subsequent extravasation of inflammatory reaction cells and their accumulation in tissues. The aim of the study to detect the role of interleukins in the diagnosis of inflammatory process in COVID-19 and tuberculosis.