Antibody response to Staphylococcus saprophyticus in urinary tract infection

Scand J Infect Dis. 1990;22(5):557-60. doi: 10.3109/00365549009027096.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Agglutination Tests
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / biosynthesis*
  • Bacterial Proteins / analysis
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology
  • Cystitis / immunology
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Escherichia coli Infections / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyelonephritis / immunology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / immunology*
  • Staphylococcus / immunology*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins