Infections of the urinary tract during pregnancy: use of fluorescent antibody technic as an aid in patient evaluation.
Over a 22-month period, the fluorescent antibody (FA) technic was used to evaluate 195 patients with urinary tract infections (UTI) during pregnancy. Postpartum intravenous pyelograms (IVP) were obtained for 86 patients. The results were correlated as to the site (upper or lower urinary tract) of infection. Regardless of the result of the FA test, results of IVP were abnormal in 40% to 41% of patients witn antenatal pyelonephritis. This was in contrast to only 9.4% abnormalities in patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria and negative FA tests.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003556:Cystitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis*