[Comparative study of immunofluorescence, coagglutination and urinary immunoglobulins in the diagnosis of the localization of urinary infections].
Three laboratory methods -- immunofluorescence, coagglutination and urinary immunoglobulin determinations -- were applied in 16 patients with urinary infections, of whom 12 with pyelonephritis and 4 with cystitis. There was an 100% agreement between the three tests in the pyelonephritis cases. In the cystitis cases, there was 100% agreement between immunofluorescence and urinary immunoglobulin and 50% between the three methods. Urinary immunoglobulin determination and coagglutination may be recommended as routine auxiliary clinical laboratory methods for early detection of renal lesions and localization of the infection.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*
D007136:Immunoglobulins
Studiul comparativ al imunofluorescenţei, coaglutinării şi imunoglobulinelor urinare în diagnosticul de localizare a infecţiei urinare.