INTRODUCTION We evaluated the UroVysion (Abbott Molecular, IL, USA) fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay for the diagnosis of urothelial cancer in patients diagnosed with or suspected to have bladder, upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), and combined upper and lower tract urothelial carcinoma (BC). MATERIALS AND METHODS A single institution retrospective analysis comparing sens...

Abstract Background To compare the urinary biomarkers—beta 2-microglobulin (β2M), monocyte chemotactic peptide-1 (MCP-1), and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β1)—in outcome assessment of children with pelviureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) undergoing pyeloplasty. Methods A prospective study was conducted on PUJO who had pyeloplasty in a tertiary care center from July 2016 to March 2018....

With the advancement of endourology, a great variety biomaterial devices have been developed. Several studies reported that formation biofilm and device infection are commonly observed manifestations lead to urinary tract infections. An indwelling double J ureteral stent carries significant risk; negative urine culture does not rule out colonized stent. Hence, assessing extent colonization with...

The major urinary proteins are a species-specific complex of proteins excreted by male mice that influence the reproductive behavior and the neuroendocrine condition of female mice through the olfactory system. The aim of this work is to determine their influence on ovulation. The major urinary proteins isolated from the urine of adult male mice were voided of bound odorants, dissolved at a phy...

Single doses of norfloxacin (200, 400, 800, 1,200, and 1,600 mg) or placebo were administered orally at weekly intervals to 14 healthy male volunteers in a double-blind study. Norfloxacin was measured in serum and urine by high-pressure liquid chromatography with UV detection. The concentrations of this drug in serum peaked 1 to 2 h after each dose; the mean peak values for increasing doses wer...

OBJECTIVE To determine how good microsatellite analysis (MA) markers in voided urine samples should be to make a surveillance procedure cost-effective in which cystoscopy is partly replaced by MA for patients with non-muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma (NMI-UC). PATIENTS AND METHODS We constructed a semi-Markov model with a time horizon of 2 years, and a man aged 65 years as reference case. D...