FAECAL CALPROTECTIN IN NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS OF THE INFLAMMATORY ENTERIC DISEASES AMONG CHILDREN

Abstract

The authors studied the opportunities to define the level of faecal calprotectin in diagnostics of the inflammatory enteric diseases (grohn's disease and colitis gravis) among children. It was established that children, suffering from the inflammatory enteric diseases, the concentration of faecal calprotectin increases, thus, correlating with the clinical and endoscopic activity of the disease, as well as with the spread of the intestinal impairment. Faecal calprotectin may be a reliable marker of the inflammation activity in the event of grohn's disease and colitis gravis.Key words: faecal calprotectin, inflammatory enteric diseases, colitis gravis, grohn's disease, diagnostics, children