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During the past two years on 324 occassions college coeds with symptoms of urinary tract infections were evaluated with at least two urine cultures and a non-invasive test of localization (fluorescent antibody coated bacteria). They were subsequently treated with either Gantrisin (93) or Reflex (231) for periods of 3, 7, 10, 14 or 21 days.
The recurrence rate one week post therapy for the separate and combined groups were as follows:
It appears that urine demonstrating fluorescent antibody coated bacteria (kidney infection) is not associated with a greater propensity of recurrent infection than is urine with negative testing for fluorescent antibody coated bacteria (bladder infection). Comparable results were obtained utilizing depressed concentrating ability as a test of upper tract infection.
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Iravani, A., Pryor, N., Richard, G. et al. PREDICTABILITY OF RECURRENCE RATE OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS BASED ON ANTIBODY COATED BACTERIA TESTING. Pediatr Res 11, 436 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-00402
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