摘要：INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES, CROHN DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS, CAUSE CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT, TRIGGERED BY A COMPLEX INTERACTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, IMMUNE, BACTERIAL, GENETIC FACTORS.MANY MARKERS HAVE BEEN STUDIED AS INDICATORS OF INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION.SERUM C - REACTIVE PROTEIN, ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE, LEUKOCYTES, SERUM LYSOZYME ARE NON-INVASIVE, EASY TO REPRODUCT AND ACCESSIBLE BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN IBD.THIS ARTICLE AIMS TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR ROLE IN EXPRESSING THE INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION, IN ESTABLISHING THE DEGREE OF DISEASE ACTIVITY, IN MONITORING THE DISEASE , IN PREDICTING RELAPSES AND IN MONITORING THE THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE.
