Diagnostic value of urinary interleukin-6 in urinary tract infection in children. | ||||
| GEGET | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2019, Page 12-19 PDF (302.17 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/geget.2019.67033 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Huda Marzouk1; Emad Ghobrial  2; Mervat Khorshied3; Safaa Samuel4
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| 1Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Pediatric department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Pediatric Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Kasr Al Ainy School of Medicine, Clinical Pathology department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| 4Department of Pediatrics, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Introduction Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the second most common bacterial infection in children. Aim of the study To estimate the value of urinary Interleukin-6 (IL-6) in diagnosis of UTI in children and also if it can differentiate between upper and lower UTI. Patients and Methods This study included 80 children, divided into 40 patients suffering from UTI and 40 healthy children served as a control group. Patients were classified into acute pyelonephritis (n=22) and lower UTI (n=18). Urine IL-6 was measured by enzyme-linked immune- sorbent assay (ELISA) technique. Results Urinary IL-6 was significantly higher in patients with UTI than control group (p value <0.001) and also it was significantly higher in upper than lower UTI cases (p value <0.001). Conclusion Urinary IL-6 level is a reliable diagnostic tool for early identification of UTI in febrile children. The study confirms usefulness of Urinary IL-6 level is a reliable diagnostic tool for early identification of urinary IL-6 to differentiate between upper and lower UTIs. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| UTI; upper and lower UTI; urinary interleukin-6 | ||||
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