1MSc, Lecturer, Department of Obstetric & Gynecology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Republic of Iraq
2PhD, Ass. Prof, Department of Obstetric & Gynecology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Republic of Iraq
3PhD, Lecturer, Department of Obstetric & Gynecology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Republic of Iraq
Online published on 7 December, 2018.
Absence of the ABO antigen in saliva is a health disadvantage, and could increase susceptibility to a number of diseases such as urinary tract infection.
Objective is to explore the influence of secretion of ABO blood group antigens into the body fluids (saliva) in women suffer from UTI.
A total of 241 women aged 18–45 years were included who complained of symptoms indicating UTIs who were attending Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital in Baghdad during the period from March 2016 to May 2017. The secretor status of the patients was then determined using the haemagglutination inhibition assay for salivary ABO antigens. ABO antigens secretors were found in 36 women and was higher in women in the age group less than 25 and 25–29 years. Education, occupation and source of water have showed significant effect on infected women with ABO antigens secretor and non-secretor. There are significant differences between both ABO antigens secretors and non-secretor in the presence of pus cells and RBCs, and 13 women infected with Trichomonas vaginalis and 11 of them with negative ABO antigens secretors. Positive growth reported in399 specimens. Single Bacterial growths in 149 and 62 with more than one species. The species of bacteria is primarily Escherichia coli followed by Streptococcus, Staphelococcus aureus, Pseudomonas, Proteus, and Klebseilla. In conclusion, absence of ABO antigens in saliva increases the susceptibility to UTI with a greater tendency to increased symptoms.
ABO antigens, Saliva, Urinary Tract Infection
