Association of the Lewis Blood-Group Phenotype with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Women
- 23 March 1989
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 320 (12), 773-777
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198903233201205
Abstract
Blood-group antigens are found on the surface of urothelial cells and may affect bacterial adherence and thereby the susceptibility to urinary tract infection. We determined the ABO, P, and Lewis blood-group phenotypes in 49 white women with histories of recurrent urinary tract infections and compared them with those found in 49 healthy control women without recurrent urinary tract infections.Keywords
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