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Antibody response to Staphylococcus saprophyticus in urinary tract infection
E Hjelm1, A Schwan, I Lundell-Etherden
1Department of Clinical Bacteriology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The serological response towards Staphylococcus saprophyticus in young women with symptomatic urinary tract infection was measured with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a direct agglutination (DA) test. In both assays a marked antibody response was found in 2 of 3 patients with acute pyelonephritis caused by S. saprophyticus. Patients with acute cystitis due to S. saprophyticus or Escherichia coli showed antibody titers comparable to those of healthy controls.