Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infective disease in adult population. UTI diagnosis is based essentially on presence of lower urinary symptoms (e.g., dysuria, urgency, and frequency) evidence bacteriuria (by dipstick testing and/or urine culture). not always easy because can be vague, or patient basal conditions interfere negatively with diagnostic process, whereas cu...

Mitochondrial injury contributes to renal dysfunction in several models of renal disease, but its involvement in human hypertension remains unknown. Fragments of the mitochondrial genome released from dying cells are considered surrogate markers of mitochondrial injury. We hypothesized that hypertension would be associated with increased urine mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy numbers. We prospect...