Open AccessEvaluation of oxidant-antioxidant balance and total antioxidant capacity of serum in children with urinary tract infection
Author(s) -
Gholamreza Soleimani,
Simin SadeghiBojd,
Alireza Teimouri,
Alireza Nakhaee,
Alireza Sheikhhosseini
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.182073
Subject(s) - antioxidant capacity , antioxidant , urinary system , balance (ability) , medicine , chemistry , immunology , physiology , biochemistry , physical therapy
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common bacterial infections in children. This studyaimed to investigate the oxidative and antioxidate status of plasma in patients with UTI and to compare them with those of the controls.