A total of 835 patients with symptoms of chronic prostatitis syndrome and no evidence of structural or functional lower genitourinary tract abnormalities were examined in a three year period at the Outpatient Department for Urogenital Infections, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević" Zagreb, Croatia. Disease etiology was determined in 482 (57.72%) patients. Chlamydia...

Many studies suggest that bacterial infection generate adverse effects on the cognitive, behavioral and emotional status. Inflammation, oxidative stress and altered level of immune-cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of sickness behavior in rats. Minocycline is a broad spectrum second generation semi synthetic derivative of the bacteriostatic antibiotic tetracycline. The present study ai...

In medical diagnosis system, vast number of diseases are diagnosed on the basis of counting and classification of blood cells. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common type of blood cancer of white blood cells (WBCs) in children below 7-8 years. It can be fatal if diagnosed late or untreated. ALL cells are abnormal lymphocytes called blast cells or lymphoblast. Careful microscopic ...

Si-Wu-Tang (SWT) is a decoction consisting of a mixture of ingredients of Rehmanniae Radix, Angelica Radix, Chuanxiong Rhizoma and Paeoniae Radix. As a traditional Chinese herbal decoction, SWT has been widely used for the treatment of diseases characterized as blood and/or energy deficit. The present study was performed to evaluate the effects of SWT on the different populations of circulating...

We conducted a case-control study on 114 bladder cancer patients and 46 hospital controls. DNA adducts were measured in WBCs by 32P postlabeling and showed no association with smoking habits and the glutathione-S-transferase M1 genotype. A strong association between adduct levels and the N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) genotype was found (P = 0.0002). The NAT2 genotype was associated in a nonstatist...

Background: COVID-19 pneumonia patients have variant prognosis and mortality. A great concern should be given to the clinical imaging characteristics of those patients, As a result,the aim current research was identify clinical, laboratory, chest computed tomography results in confirmed COVID -19 as well compare severe non-severe groups. Methods: In retrospective cross-sectional analysis, 169 i...

The increasing interest to establish significant correlations between blood cell mechanical measurements and diseases, has led the promotion of microfluidic devices as attractive clinical tools for potential use in diagnosis. A multi-step device able separate red white cells (RBCs WBCs) from plasma simultaneously measure deformability (5 20% hematocrit) is presented this paper. employs passive ...

An abnormality that develops in white blood cells is called leukemia. The diagnosis of leukemia made possible by microscopic investigation the smear periphery. Prior training necessary to complete morphological examination for diagnosis. This paper proposes a Histogram Threshold Segmentation Classifier (HTsC) decision support system. proposed HTsC evaluated based on color and brightness variati...

BACKGROUND Although transfusion or return of salvaged shed blood has become popular in major orthopedic procedures, this blood-saving method is still controversial because shed blood may be contaminated with chemical and tissular debris, such as fat particles, which may increase the risk of fat embolism after bone surgery. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS In an effort to find an easy, reliable method...

The automatic detection of white blood cells (WBCs) still remains as an unsolved issue in medical imaging. The analysis of WBC images has engaged researchers from fields of medicine and computer vision alike. Since WBC can be approximated by an ellipsoid form, an ellipse detector algorithm may be successfully applied in order to recognize such elements. This paper presents an algorithm for the ...