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  • Title: [The evaluation of antibody-coated bacteria in the urine sediment to watch the efficiency of antibacterial treatment in upper urinary-tract infections (author's transl)].
    Author: Favaro S, Ossi E, Marati A, Faggion T, Baggio B, Inecco A, Antonello A, Borsatti A.
    Journal: Ann Sclavo; 1979; 21(2):229-34. PubMed ID: 485600.
    Abstract:
    The effect of up to 6months antibacterial treatment on both urine culture and the presence of antibody-coated bacteria in the urinary sediment was examined in 15 patients with upper urinary-tract infection. At the end of the sixth month all the patients had sterile urine, while about one half still demonstrated antibody-coated bacteria in their sediment. Such a finding strongly suggests that urine culture is "per se" insufficient to exclude the presence of bacteria in the renal parenchyma, and that the evaluation of antibody-coated bacteria might be a better way to watch the effect of treatment in upper urinary-tract infections.
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