title: [Localization of urinary-tract infection by demonstrating antibody-coated bacteria in urine (author's transl)].
abstract: The immunofluorescence test for demonstrating antibody-coated bacteria as a direct method of localizing urinary-tract infection was performed on 34 patients, results being compared with the Fairley test. Mid-stream urine contained at least 10(5) bacteria/ml in all patients. The direct localization method revealed upper urinary-tract infection (renal bacteriuria) in 18 patients, lower urinary-tract infection (cystitis) in eight. Presence of antibody-coated bacteria correlated well with renal bacteriuria, such antibody having been demonstrated in all of the eighteen patients with renal bacteriuria but in none of the eight with lower urinary-tract infection (cause located in the bladder). The test has proved to be highly sensitive method for differentiating between upper and lower urinary-tract infection.
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D003556:Cystitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Lokalisation eines Harnwegsinfektes durch Nachweis von antikörperbesetzten Bakterien im Urin