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URINARY FIBRIN-DEGRADATION PRODUCTS AND THE SITE OF URINARY INFECTION

1973; Elsevier BV; Volume: 301; Issue: 7797 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0140-6736(73)90070-6

1474-547X

J. A. Whitworth, KennethF. Fairley, MargaretA. Mcivor, AlanE. Stubbs,

Enzyme Production and Characterization

Estimation of spot urinary fibrin-degradation products (F.D.P.) may be of value as an indirect method of determining the site of urinary infection. Urinary F.D.P. were high in 19 of 48 patients with upper-tract infections (40%), whereas only 1 out of 26 patients with proven bladder infections had a high urinary F.D.P. level. The test may be of value in ruling out the bladder as the site of a urinary-tract infection.