Accuracy of antibody-coated-bacteria test in recurrent urinary tract infections
Hawthorne, N.J.; Kurtz, S.B.; Anhalt, J.P.; Segura, J.W.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings 53(10): 651-654
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-6196 PMID: 713596 Document Number: 130252
Antibody coating of urinary bacteria was compared with results of ureteral catheterization studies in order to localize the site of recurrent urinary tract infections in 32 patients. The antibody-coated-bacteria test reliably detected infections in patients with upper urinary tract infection (16 of 17 patients), but false-positive results occurred frequently in patients with lower urinary tract infection (5 of 15 patients). The antibody-coated-bacteria test appears to be a useful screening test for localization of infection in patients with recurrent urinary tract infections.