METHOD FOR PREDICTING PYELONEPHRITIS IN CHILDREN Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, microbiology, urology. SUBSTANCE: it is suggested to take average portion of morning urine at natural urination for studying before antibioticotherapy in pyelonephritis-suffering children. One should detect the presence of DNA of chlamydia, mycoplasms, simple herpes virus, cytomegalovirus, human papilloma virus due to a standard polymerase chain reaction, and, also, the quantity and specific characteristics of bacteria - by a standard microbiological method. At revealing said pathogens in urine and availability of bacteria at 100 thousand CFU/ml amount, or more, one should diagnose the chronic pyelonephritis. The innovation could be used in diagnostic work either under in-patient or polyclinic conditions. EFFECT: higher accuracy of diagnostics. 1 tbl