Recurrent infection of the urinary tract: reinfection or recrudescence?

J McGeachie - British Medical Journal, 1966 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
J McGeachie
British Medical Journal, 1966ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Results Reproducibility of Pretreatment Isolates.-Sixty-five pretreatment specimens were
obtained from 23 patients, 63 (97%) agreed with colicine production and for colicine
sensitivity, 62 (95.4%) agreed serologically with their companion specimens. Two of the
specimens were serologically non-typable owing to roughness; ifone excludes these from
comparison the serological agreement was 98.4%. Recurrent Infections.-Of 108 recurrences
17 (15.8%) had the same strain of E. coli and 91 (84.2%) had a strain of E. coli which …
Results Reproducibility of Pretreatment Isolates.-Sixty-five pretreatment specimens were obtained from 23 patients, 63 (97%) agreed with colicine production and for colicine sensitivity, 62 (95.4%) agreed serologically with their companion specimens. Two of the specimens were serologically non-typable owing to roughness; ifone excludes these from comparison the serological agreement was 98.4%. Recurrent Infections.-Of 108 recurrences 17 (15.8%) had the same strain of E. coli and 91 (84.2%) had a strain of E. coli which differed from the infecting strain previously isolated (Table I).
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