[Antibody-coated bacteriuria and localization of urinary tract infection]

Antibody-coated bacteriuria (ACB) test was proposed as a tool for localisation of urinary tract infection (UTI). Our own results and a review of the literature give the following percentage: 85% ACB + in parenchymatous infection, 93% ACB--in lower UTI. The discrepancies observed from one group to the other show the importance of several parameters: the lack of standardization of the technic, the value of monospecific vs polyspecific antisera, the variability of some bacterial properties, the type of investigated patients. When these different parameters are well defined, the ACB test appears to be the most valuable technic to evaluate the renal risk of UTI.