title: Use of parenteral human globulin in acute, chronic, and recurrent urinary tract infections.
abstract: Sixty-four patients with recurrent or chronic urinary tract infections without evidence of disease demonstrated by conventional diagnostic methods underwent serum immunoglobulin studies. Only 23 were shown to have a deficiency of immune globulins, IgA, IgM, or IgG. Treatment with parenteral globulins resulted in sterile urine for the three-year follow-up period. Other urologists are urged to try this treatment under the conditions outlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, The Presbyterian Hospital, California, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Arcadi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005916:Globulins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005916:Globulins