ABO blood group and susceptibility to urinary tract infection: no evidence for involvement of isohaemagglutinins.
Investigations of the possible mechanisms underlying the increased susceptibility of women who are blood group B and non-secretors of water-soluble blood group antigen to recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) revealed that isohaemagglutinins are not involved in bactericidal killing or agglutination of 8 serotypes (1,2) of Escherichia coli frequently associated with UTI. The implications of these results and possible areas for future studies are discussed.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000276:immunology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology; D012995:Solubility; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D007518:Isoantibodies; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides