GUL, M., KURUTAS, E., CIRAGIL, P., CETINKAYA, A., KILINC, M., ARAL, M. and BUYUKBESE, M.A. Urinary Tract Infection Aggravates Oxidative Stress in Diabetic Patients. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 2005, 206 (1), 1-6 ── To investigate the effect of urinary tract infection on oxidative stress in diabetic patients, we measured the activities of antioxidant enzymes such as catalase and superoxide dismutase, a...

Feline lower urinary tract diseases are known to be life threatening conditions in cats, especially when they occur as obstructive diseases in males. Early diagnosis and treatment is necessary, otherwise it may lead to death. A 3-year-old male Persian cat was referred to the clinic with a history of anuria, lethargy, loss of appetite and exploratory cystotomy 6 months ago due to urethral obstru...

Background and Objective: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is one of the most common urinary tract abnormalities in patients with urinary tract infection. Nowadays noninvasive diagnostic methods are suggested to recognize VUR and its severity. Methods: We measured urinary and serum fibronectin in 51 children with VUR. Results: The mean serum fibronectin was 318.3±112.1 in chi...

two brothers with didmoad syndrome are reported. the older brother has diabetes mellitus (type i), diabetes insipidus, optic atrophy, deafness and atonia of the urinary tract with severe symptoms such as diabetic ketoacidosis and frequent urinary tract infections. his younger brother had the same manifestations but with less severity. we report the findings of our two patients and compare them ...

The factors related to the occurrence of bacteraemia following urinary tract manipulation were studied in a large community hospital. During a 3-year period, forty-six of 326 episodes of hospital-acquired bacteraemia were associated with urinary tract manipulation. All thirty of forty-six cases felt to be definitely related to urinary tract manipulation (other obvious sources of bacteraemia bei...

INTRODUCTION Urinary tract candidiasis is known as the most frequent nosocomial fungal infection worldwide. Candida albicans is the most common cause of nosocomial fungal urinary tract infections; however, a rapid change in the distribution of Candida species is undergoing. Simultaneously, the increase of urinary tract candidiasis has led to the appearance of antifungal resistant Candida specie...

A Retrospective Cross-sectional Survey on Urinary Tract Infections in a Non-hospital Medical Laboratory

among 2379 patients with upper urinary tract stones who underwent eswl (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy) at sina hospitál using the siemens lithostar, 638 developed stone street (steinstrasse). of these, 516 (81%) passed all of the stone fragments spontaneously and no treatment was required, 90 cases (14%) had more eswl sessions to complete the treatment, and 30 (4.7%) required further in...

The factors related to the occurrence of bacteraemia following urinary tract manipulation were studied in a large community hospital. During a 3-year period, forty-six of 326 episodes of hospital-acquired bacteraemia were associated with urinary tract manipulation. All thirty of forty-six cases felt to be definitely related to urinary tract manipulation (other obvious sources of bacteraemia bei...