Two studies recently published in Infection and Immunity involved a mouse model of ascending urinary tract infection (UTI) (1, 6). The inoculation conditions used in both studies, i.e., 20 to 50 ml of bacterial suspension inoculated into the bladder, had been found in a previous study from the same laboratory to produce immediate vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in a substantial proportion of mice (...

CONTEXT Primary vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a common congenital urinary tract abnormality in children. There is considerable controversy regarding its management. Preservation of kidney function is the main goal of treatment, which necessitates identification of patients requiring early intervention. OBJECTIVE To present a management approach for VUR based on early risk assessment. EVIDE...

Objective: Renal transplantation is the primary treatment method for end-stage kidney disease. Many reasons such as surgical and infection may cause urological complications after transplantation. Management of renal urinary requires respectable experience. In this study, we aimed to present management patients who require reconstruction at our center. Material Methods: The data 16 underwent re...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the protective effects of cranberry fruit, which have known antioxidant effects, on infection-induced oxidative renal damage in a rabbit model of vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR). MATERIALS AND METHODS In all, 36 New Zealand male rabbits were divided into five groups, with a sham operation in four rabbits serving as the control (group 1). To create unilateral VUR the roof of...

OBJECTIVE Published success rates of dextranomer/hyaluronic acid (Dx/HA) injection for pediatric vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) vary widely. Our objective of this study was to assess whether underlying patient or study factors could explain the heterogeneity in reported Dx/HA success rates. METHODS We searched the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and Medline, Embase, and Scopus databases from...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a common and serious urinary disease in children. It usually causes renal scar, urinary tract infection, and chronic renal failure. Previous studies showed the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism might be associated with VUR; however, the conclusions were inconsistent. Therefore we used the meta-analytic approach to clari...

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 children with low grade vur...

radioisotope scanning is very important in evaluation, diagnosis and proper treatment of urinary tract infection (uti) and vesicoureteral reflux (vur) because of high sensitivity of this technique and less radiation dose delivered to the patients. this is a descriptive cross-sectional study to determine the frequency vur in a group of children aged 28 days to 14 years referred to our department...

OBJECTIVES To determine the impact of using an algorithm requiring selective rather than routine urinary tract imaging following a first febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) on imaging use, detection of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), prophylactic antibiotic use, and UTI recurrence within 6 months. DESIGN Retrospective review comparing outcomes during periods before algorithm use (September 1, ...