| Autor: |
Suhaila N. Darogha, Sarhang H. Azeez, Zhian G. Abdullah |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France). 67(4) |
| ISSN: |
1165-158X |
| Popis: |
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a major clinical problem in a wide age range that is associated with a high morbidity rate. Due to issues such as low specificity and the inability to differentiate between different types of infection in current diagnostic methods, there is a need to introduce novel UTI markers. The present study was conducted to evaluate the utility of Procalcitonin (PCT) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a marker of bacterial urinary tract infection. For this purpose, a cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2020 and February 2021 among 125 patients and 60 healthy volunteers (control) in Erbil Teaching Hospital. The concentration of PCT and IL-6 was quantified using the ELISA cloud immunoassay test. Between-group comparisons were assessed for the variables with analysis of variance. The results revealed that there was a significant difference between PCT levels in UTI patients (104.6±6.07) and control groups (54±2.24) (p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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