In feline idiopathic cystitis, morphological changes were found mainly in the mucosa and submucosal layer of bladder wall. They are characterized by hyperplasia congestion blood vessels. Morphometric assessment main structures wall cats with cystitis revealed an increase thickness mucous membrane due to a decrease muscular membrane. When using anti-stress therapy on 14th day from start treatmen...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) afflict over 9 million women in America every year, often necessitating long-term prophylactic antibiotics. One risk factor for UTI is frequent sexual intercourse, which dramatically increases the risk of UTI. The mechanism behind this increased risk is unknown; however, bacteriuria increases immediately after sexual intercourse episodes, suggesting that physical...

OBJECTIVES About 7% to 70% of hemorrhagic cystitis is classified as early and late-onset incidence in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. The association between the prevalence of viral infections and hemorrhagic cystitis was evaluated in pretransplant and posttransplant recipients and donors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid-treated blood and urine samples of 3...

Background: Cylophosphamide is used alone or in combination with other drugs for treatment of neoplastic diseases. Hemorrhagic cystitis is a major potential toxicity and dose limiting side effect of cyclophosphamide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of lycopene compared with some antioxidants for the prevention of cyclophosphamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis in rats. Methods: ...

Bacterial virulence factors influence the site and severity of urinary tract infections. While pyelonephritis-associated molecular traits have been defined, virulence factors specific for acute cystitis strains have not been identified. This study examined the virulence factor repertoire of 247 Escherichia coli strains, prospectively isolated from women with community-acquired acute cystitis. F...

OBJECTIVE To review the UK spontaneous reports of urinary disorders associated with tiaprofenic acid and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and put them into context of the usage of these preparations in the UK. METHODS Suspected adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports of urinary disorders associated with tiaprofenic acid and other NSAIDs received by the UKs spontaneous ADR repo...

In the period between October 1st and November 30th, 2006, we investigated a total of 3188 episodes of UTI (802 among males; 2386 among females) recorded in 108 family medicine offices in 20 cities in Croatia. The most common UTIs in women were acute uncomplicated cystitis (62%), complicated UTIs - cystitis and pyelonephritis (14%), urethritis (9%), acute uncomplicated pyelonephritis (6%), recu...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether polyomaviruses contribute to interstitial cystitis pathogenesis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A prospective study was performed with 50 interstitial cystitis cases compared with 50 age-matched, disease-free controls for the frequency of polyomaviruria. Associations between polyomaviruria and disease characteristics were analysed in cases. Polyomavirus in urine and bl...

Hemorrhagic cystitis is a common complication in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. We report here a case of severe BKV-associated hemorrhagic cystitis who did not respond to intravenous cidofovir. Overt hematuria successfully resolved after a few days on hyperbaric oxygen and intravesical instillations of cidofovir, while BK viruria dropped after a few weeks and remained low. We re...

a 7 year-old male presented with recurrent fever, cough and respiratory distress for over last 2 years. based on extremely high eosinophil count, high immunoglobulin e, increase in eosinophilic precursors in bone marrow, and positive antigen test for wuchereria bancrofti, a diagnosis of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia with eosinophilic leukemoid reaction was made. complete recovery was achieved...