IL1B and escherichia coli infection: Levels of TNF-α (164 ± 8.3 pg/mL versus 123 ± 3.4 pg/mL, p < 0.001), IL-1β (65 ± 3.3 pg/mL versus 38 ± 2.7 pg/mL, p < 0.001), IL-8 (173 ± 6.3 pg/mL versus 129 ± 8.4 pg/mL, p < 0.001) were found to be augmented in S. aureus infection as compared with E. coli infection (Figure 3C).