Impact of Bacterial Blood Infections on Inflammatory Markers and Liver Function in Neonates with Pathological Jaundice in Erbil City

Blood infections can shift how the body works and make things get bad, turning a baby&#039;s yellow skin into a big health risk. Knowing how these sicknesses affect the liver cells and blood levels in babies will help us make top plans for finding and fixing this issue. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Erbil Hospital&#039;s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology treated 125 neonatal samples between January 2022 and June 2023. 50 neonatal samples with jaundice but no bacterial infection and 75 neonatal samples with jaundice and a confirmed bacterial blood infection (septicemia) made up the two groups of participants. Forty-three samples from a control group of healthy newborns were also included. Blood testing included WBC, hs-CRP, PCT, TRF, and liver enzymes: AST, GGT, and ALP. The showings were that WBC, hs-CRP, and PCT levels were high in babies with jaundice and septicemia, showing a big body fight response (P < 0.05). Babies with bacteria bugs had much lower TRF levels (P < 0.01) than those without, showing that the body fights changes in iron use in the body. Jaundiced neonates had higher levels of AST, ALP, and GGT according to liver enzyme testing; these values were more noticeable in those who also had blood infections, suggesting possible liver involvement. Babies with jaundice and bacterial infection had much higher white blood cell (WBC), hs-CRP, and PCT levels (P < 0.05). They also had lower transferrin (TRF) levels (P < 0.01).