Role of blood C - reactive protein levels in upper urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract infection in adult patients (>16 years)

Abstract

Aim: Role of blood C - reactive protein levels in upper urinary tract infection and lower urinary tract infection in adult patients (>16 years).

Material and methods: Study included 2 groups of patients -Test group (n=58). Control group (n=28).Test group further classified into 2 groups- a). Patients having upper urinary tract infection b). Patients having lower urinary tract infection. Patients were subjected to following tests - complete hemogram, blood C-reactive protein levels, urinalysis.

Results: The mean value of C-reactive protein in the cases of upper urinary tract infection 127.33 mg/L which is statistically significantly raised when compared to control(t-value 12.370 and p-value<0.01). C-reactive protein was significantly raised in upper urinary tract infection in comparison to control group( p<0.01), while in lower urinary tract infection this difference was insignificant (p<0.05).

Conclusion: C-reactive protein has a good diagnostic role in differentiating upper and lower urinary tract infection. The simple size of our study is very small to say these authentically, hence, further studies of large number of cases is required.