background: the most common laryngeal mass in children is recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (rrp). studies have attempted to correlate viral typing and its aggressiveness. method: 29 patients with histologically confirmed rrp enrolled in adjuvant therapies. patients underwent several surgical interventions. results: hpv genotyping demonstrated 45% hpv-6 and 55% hpv-11. the mean age at the fi...

Although most urinary tract infections in adults are uncomplicated and respond rapidly to empirical antimicrobial therapy, they represent a considerable health problem, particularly among women, in whom the annual general practice consultation rate for cystitis and urinary infection has been estimated as 62-5/1000.' Occasionally, urinary tract infections cause serious and permanent renal damage...

To evaluate the potential carcinogenic effects of formaldehyde, we examined the proportionate mortality experience of embalmers licensed to practice in California. Mortality was significantly elevated for total cancer, arteriosclerotic heart disease, and suicide, whereas significant deficits were noted in mortality from diseases of the respiratory and genitourinary systems. Deaths from cancers ...

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are caused by organisms that infect the mucosal surfaces of the genitourinary tract. In spite of its public health importance, particular scientific problems have delayed the development of an STD vaccine, such as incomplete attenuation (human herpes simplex virus type 2), accentuated immunopathology (Chlamydia trachomatis), poor immunogenicity (Treponema pa...

This article discusses research on violence against women treated at an emergency care hospital in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. A total of 701 interviews were conducted in a cluster sample of women ages 15 to 49 years, of whom 321 reported some episode of physical, sexual, and/or psychological violence. Although violence against the women in this sample was not associated with social/demographic ch...

Tuberculosis of the genitourinary tract is a well-known cause of male infertility. However, infertility from infection by nontuberculous mycobacterium has not been reported. Herein, we present a case of seminal vesiculitis due to Mycobacterium gastri in a diabetic patient leading to male infertility. Improvement in semen quality was noticed after 6 months of therapy with isoniazid, ethambutol a...

Non-gonococcal inflammations of the female genitalia are of very common occurrence and many of them correspond to forms of non-gonococcal urethritis in the male. Some authors, including Ilyin (1966), have found various inflammatory processes of the lower urogenital tract in the majority of women who had had sexual contact with men suffering from non-gonococcal urethritis; such women may have va...