Smoking and genitourinary infection.

acute and chronic maxillary sinusitis (nonodontogenic infection)

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Cigarette smoking and infection.

BACKGROUND Infectious diseases may rival cancer, heart disease, and chronic lung disease as sources of morbidity and mortality from smoking. We reviewed mechanisms by which smoking increases the risk of infection and the epidemiology of smoking-related infection, and delineated implications of this increased risk of infection among cigarette smokers. METHODS The MEDLINE database was searched ...

Knowledge of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in genitourinary medicine clinic attenders.

OBJECTIVES To determine the level of awareness of genital chlamydial infection, and level of knowledge related to this infection, in genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic attenders. METHODS 500 consecutive patients attending a GUM clinic for the first time during a 3 month study period were invited to complete an anonymous self administered questionnaire on aspects of chlamydial infection. RE...

Cigarette smoking and Helicobacter pylori infection.

The direct urease test was used in 462 patients with normal upper digestive tracts, 108 with duodenal ulcers and 43 with gastric ulcers who attended for upper digestive endoscopy in a prospective study. There was a strong association between Helicobacter pylori infection and current cigarette smoking in patients with normal endoscopy (49.6% vs 35.5%, P < 0.01). The associations of peptic ulcer ...

Genitourinary medicine