conclusions patients made various complaints, and several pathologies were diagnosed, which emphasizes the importance of using urodynamic tests for subsequent medical approaches as a non-invasive, accessible, and inexpensive tool. results the mean age of patients in this study was 50.88 years, and most patients were in their third decade (20 - 30 years of age). urinary frequency (28.8%), enures...

conclusions females are more susceptible to uti than males and the most effective drug (sensitive against isolated e. coli) is amikacin. therefore, culture and antimicrobial drug sensitivity testing are essential procedures for proper management of uti in tribal population. patients and methods a total number of 4,416 urine samples of clinically suspected uti attending outpatient department and...

objectives we investigated the potential relationships between biofilm formation and prevalence of virulence genes (asa1, esp, cyla, and gele/spre), and antimicrobial resistance genes (aac (6’)/aph (2”) in enterococcus faecalis isolated from patients with urinary tract infection. patients and methods in this survey 95 e. faecalis isolates from patients with urinary tract infections staying at s...

Urinary tract morbidity has increased by 7% in Kazakhstan between 2007 to 2011. Pregnant women with extragenital pathologies or kidney diseases had the greatest prevalence of morbidity. Asymptomatic bacteriuria (AB) is one of the most important risk factors of pyelonephritis development in pregnant women, and it can affect the course and outcome of pregnancy, delivery, and postnatal period. AB ...

Urinary incontinence is a common and unpleasant problem for older people. Age-related changes to the urinary tract, age-related diseases and medications, as well as the underlying bladder problem that contributes to urinary incontinence, should be identified for successful management.

As a common disease, stroke could be divided into two types: ischemic and haemorrhagic. The classic risk factors for stroke include hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, tobacco smoking, obesity, diabetes mellitus, previous TIA, and atrial fibrillation. WHO pointed to the survey data that stroke was the second factor leading to death worldwide (the first factor is heart disease). And stroke is a leadi...

background this retrospective study aimed to determine the epidemiologic characteristics and risk factors of chronic kidney diseases (ckd) in patients < 18 years old at a single referral center. materials and methods in a hospital-based case control study, 66 ckd patients less than 18 years old were compared to 81 control patients (also under 18) without ckd. a patient was defined as a ckd case...

conclusions: the most common infectious episode among spinal cord injury patients was found to be urinary tract ınfection. e. coli was the most common microorganism isolated from urine samples. antibiotic use in the previous 2 weeks or 3 months, hospitalization during the last one-year and previous diagnosis of urinary tract ınfection were the risk factors identified for the development of infe...

Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial infections of human. The most common agent of urinary tract infection is Escherichia coli . This study aims to determine the prevalence of uropathogenic E. coli urinary infection in human with different antimicrobial resistance, and quantitive and qualitative study of siderophore production and their association with the ability to cau...

This article summarizes anatomical, neurophysiological, and pharmacological studies in humans and animals to provide insights into the neural circuitry and neurotransmitter mechanisms controlling the lower urinary tract and alterations in these mechanisms in lower urinary tract dysfunction. The functions of the lower urinary tract, to store and periodically release urine, are dependent on the a...