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The pelvis urinary microbiome in patients with kidney stones and clinical associations

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background The long-held notion that, without urinary tract or circulatory infection, bladder urine and blood are sterile biofluids has been disproven. There have been no previous reports on the kidney pelvis urinary microbiome after bladder disinfection
Fengping Liu, Nan Zhang, Yunhong Wu, Peng Jiang, Tingting Jiang, Yang Wang, Yuwei Zhang, Qixiao Zhai, Yeqing Zou, Ninghan Feng   +9 more
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Urinary cholesterol in cancer screening [PDF]

, 1982
Cholesterol determinations in morning urine samples were taken in 235 selected patients with a positive test for microscopic hematuria. Values ranged from 0.2 to 76.0 mg (median 5.5) in 23 patients with urologic malignancies and from 0.1 to 33.4 mg ...
Tauber, Roland, Osterholzer, Margarete, Jüngst, Dieter, Karl, Hans Josef   +3 more
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The urinary microbiome shows different bacterial genera in renal transplant recipients and non-transplant patients at time of acute kidney injury – a pilot study

BMC Nephrology, 2020
Background In the past urine was considered sterile. Through the introduction of next generation sequencing, it has become clear that a urinary microbiome exists.
Daniela Gerges-Knafl, Pichler Peter, Alexander Zimprich, Christoph Hotzy, Wolfgang Barousch, Rita M. Lang, Elisabeth Lobmeyr, Sabina Baumgartner-Parzer, Ludwig Wagner, Wolfgang Winnicki   +9 more
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Optimal management of urinary tract infections in older people [PDF]

, 2011
Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in older people. Unfortunately, UTI is commonly overdiagnosed and overtreated on the basis of nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms.
Phillips, Gabby, McMurdo, Marion E. T., Louise A Beveridge, Peter G Davey, Beveridge, Louise A., Davey, Peter G., Gabby Phillips   +6 more
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The inflammatory microenvironment and the urinary microbiome in the initiation and progression of bladder cancer

Genes and Diseases, 2021
Accumulating evidence suggests that chronic inflammation may play a critical role in various malignancies, including bladder cancer. This hypothesis stems in part from inflammatory cells observed in the urethral microenvironment. Chronic inflammation may
Xingxing Huang, Ting Pan, Lili Yan, Ting Jin, Ruonan Zhang, Bi Chen, Jiao Feng, Ting Duan, Yu Xiang, Mingming Zhang, Xiaying Chen, Zuyi Yang, Wenzheng Zhang, Xia Ding, Tian Xie, Xinbing Sui   +15 more
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Defining the wheat microbiome: towards microbiome-facilitated crop production [PDF]

, 2021
Wheat is one of the world’s most important crops, but its production relies heavily on agrochemical inputs which are notoriously harmful to the environment.
Mendes, R., Bargaz, A., Mauchline, T. H., Kavamura, V. N.   +3 more
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Does the urinary microbiome play a role in urgency urinary incontinence and its severity?

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2016
Objectives: Traditionally, the urinary tract has been thought to be sterile in the absence of a clinically identifiable infection. However, recent evidence suggests that the urinary tract harbors a variety of bacterial species, known collectively as the ...
Lisa Karstens, Lisa Karstens, Mark Asquith, Sean Davin, Patrick Stauffer, Damien Fair, Damien Fair, Damien Fair, W Thomas Gregory, James T Rosenbaum, James T Rosenbaum, Shannon K McWeeney, Rahel Nardos, Rahel Nardos   +13 more
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Urinary Microbiome of Reproductive-Age Asymptomatic European Women

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
The knowledge of bacterial species diversity within the female urinary microbiome (FUM) is essential for understanding the role of the FUM in urinary tract health and disease. This study aimed to characterize the bacterial species diversity of the FUM of
Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic, Magdalena Ksiezarek, Joana Rocha, Elisabete Alves Cappelli, Márcia Sousa, Teresa Gonçalves Ribeiro, Filipa Grosso, Luísa Peixe   +7 more
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Does botulinum therapy affect the urine microbiome of patients with neurogenic bladder? Metagenomic sequencing results

Вестник урологии, 2020
Introduction. Reorganization of the urinary microbiome in patients with neurogenic low urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, we still do not know how the different types
E. S. Philippova, I. V. Bazhenov, A. V. Zyrianov   +2 more
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Can Smoking Cause Differences in Urine Microbiome in Male Patients With Bladder Cancer? A Retrospective Study

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
BackgroundTobacco smoking is a carcinogen for many cancers including bladder cancer. The microbiota is involved in the occurrence, development, and treatment of tumors.
Wenchao Ma, Wenchao Ma, Wentao Zhang, Liliang Shen, Liliang Shen, Ji Liu, Fuhang Yang, Niraj Maskey, Hong Wang, Junfeng Zhang, Yang Yan, Xudong Yao, Xudong Yao   +12 more
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