did not reach statistical significancep = 0.0210
The analysis revealed significantly elevated levels of IL-6, IL-8, and IL-10 in the infection group, while IL-17A did not reach statistical significance as depicted in the heatmap (21.26 pg/ml vs. 7.63 pg/ml, p = 0.0210; 20.38 pg/ml vs. 13.02 pg/ml, p = 0.0050; 10.99 pg/ml vs. 5.63 pg/ml, p < 0.001, respectively, Figure 5 ).