Abstract
Three published reports show increased activity of the slow moving LDH isoenzymes in the urine of children with upper urinary tract infections. We studied urinary LDH enzyme activity during 88 urinary tract infections in girls in whom the site of infection was localized using the bladder washout test (BWO).
These data do not distinguish patients with upper tract from those with lower tract infections. We also compared urinary LDH activity in girls with BWO confirmed clinical cystitis with those with BWO confirmed clinical pyelonephritis.
There were no significant differences in LDH activity between these two groups of patients.
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Hellerstein, S., Duggan, E. & Savage, B. URINARY LDH IN URINARY TRACT INFECTIDNS. Pediatr Res 18 (Suppl 4), 363 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198404001-01618
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198404001-01618