Abstract
Summary
Indirect immunofluorescent techniques were used to stain acetone fixed urine sediment smears from patients with acute hemorrhagic cystitis (AHC) and control without urinary tract diseases. Adeno-viral antigen was identified in bladder epithelial cells of urine sediment from 3 of 4 patients with adenoviruric AHC. Urine sediment from seventeen virus negative AHC cases and four control cases failed to exhibit immunofluorescence. The finding of adeno-viral antigen in epithelial cells of urine sediment from AHC patients supports the concept that adenovirus type 11 is etiologically related to this bladder infection.
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