Attending in the Great Hall of Imam Al-Sadiq (PBUH), an MSc. thesis debate was held in the specialty of Medical Laboratories there. The thesis, written by the researcher (Temeny M. Hameed), titled as (The Detection of Antimicrobial Peptides in Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection in the Province of Kerbelaa’). The committee of debate was headed by Prof. ‘Ewatif N. Eessa PhD- Uni. of Bassrah, having its members: Prof. Wefaa’ S. Muhsin PhD Uni. of Kerbelaa’ and Asst. Prof Alaa’ A. Kareem PhD. Uni. of Kerbelaa’. The thesis was supervised by Asst. Prof Hassan A. Hussain PhD -Uni. of Kerbelaa’. in addition to Doctor Qahtan M. Hadi i, a specialist in the Teaching Hospital for Children in Kerbalaa’ .
The study aims at knowing the types of bacteria which cause the Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in children in addition to the types of the antimicrobial Peptides found in children’s upper and lower UT.
The study concludes that the rate of the Counts of WBC and CRP in patients with critical Pyelonephritis is more than in those with Cystitis. Furthermore, the urine level of HNP and LL- 37 is recorded to be more in such patients compared with healthy people; stating that a positive relation between WBC and CRP in the blood of the patients with Pyelonephritis is recorded but not between HNP and LL-37.
The study recommends that the gene expression of Cathelicidin and Human Neutrophil Peptide 1-3 are to be specified. It is very important that some other studies are required in this respect when tackling such cases in children’s Silent Urinary Tract Infections and adults’ Urinary Tract Infections as well.
