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Urinary antimicrobial peptides and cytokines as biomarkers for recurrent urinary tract infection in children and adolescents

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundRecurrent urinary tract infection (rUTI) is a major diagnostic and clinical challenge. Dysregulated innate immune responses, including antimicrobial peptides and cytokines, may underlie UTI susceptibility.
Guillermo Yepes, Hancong Chloe Tang, Natalie Holdsworth, Natalie Holdsworth, Kristin Salamon, Laura Schwartz, Laura Schwartz, Laura Schwartz, Christina Ching, Christina Ching, Christina Ching, Steve Rust, John David Spencer, John David Spencer, John David Spencer   +14 more
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Short‐Term Outcomes of Robot‐Assisted Versus Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon Cancer: A Propensity Score‐Matched Analysis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study compared short‐term outcomes of robot‐assisted versus laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer using 1:1 propensity score matching. Among 218 matched pairs, robot‐assisted colectomy was associated with reduced blood loss, fewer conversions to open surgery, lower overall complication rates, and shorter hospital stays, despite longer operative ...
Akira Inoue, Yujiro Nishizawa, Yoshinori Kagawa, Masahiro Hashimoto, Shinya Kato, Yoshihiro Morimoto, Taishi Hata, Makoto Fujii, Masaaki Motoori, Kazumasa Fujitani   +9 more
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Follow-up after infants younger than 2 months of age with urinary tract infection in Southern Israel: epidemiologic, microbiologic and disease recurrence characteristics

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background: The timing of most recurrences after neonatal urinary tract infection is during the first year of life, with peak incidence 2–6 months after the initial infection.
Evgenia Gurevich, Dov Tchernin, Ruth Schreyber, Robert Muller, Eugene Leibovitz   +4 more
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Alcohol Consumption Is a Risk Factor of Surgical Site Infection After Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Secondary Observational Analysis of a Clinical Trial

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Alcohol consumption was independently associated with Surgical Site Infection in the gastroenterological Minimally Invasive Surgery. Whether preoperative abstinence from alcohol prevents the occurrence of SSI warrants further investigation. ABSTRACT Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the postoperative complications. Risk factors for SSI
Toshiya Akai, Makoto Takeda, Eisuke Booka, Tomohiro Matsumoto, Masayo Takaoka, Mayu Sakata, Yoshifumi Morita, Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Hiramatsu, Hiroya Takeuchi   +9 more
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Identification of atropine-and P2X1 receptor antagonist-reistant, neurogenic contractions of the urinary bladder

, 2007
Acetylcholine and ATP are excitatory cotransmitters in parasympathetic nerves. We used P2X1 receptor antagonists to further characterize the purinergic component of neurotransmission in isolated detrusor muscle of guinea pig urinary bladder.
Gallagher, G., Tasker, Paul N., Kennedy, C., Kennedy, Charles, Westfall, T., Westfall, Timothy D., Tasker, P., Gallagher, Gemma   +7 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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Characteristics of Anal Fistula Cancer in Patients Who Underwent Surgery: A Nationwide Observational Study Using Diagnosis Procedure Combination Data

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
The characteristics of patients with anal fistula cancer included a higher proportion of men, younger age, more smokers, and tumor‐related characteristics, including more advanced local progression. Surgical characteristics included a lower rate of minimally invasive surgery, a higher proportion of total pelvic exenterations, and longer postoperative ...
Nobuaki Hoshino, Hiromitsu Kinoshita, Kazutaka Obama, Kiyohide Fushimi, Susumu Kunisawa, Yuichi Imanaka   +5 more
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Association between folate and glutamine metabolism and prognosis of kidney cancer

Frontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundRecent studies have shown that folate metabolism might influence cancer progression by regulating mitochondrial metabolism and glutamine is involved in the development and progression of several malignancies.
Jiaxuan Qin, Jiaxuan Qin, Jiaxuan Qin, Jiaxuan Qin, Chaoyue Ouyang, Chaoyue Ouyang, Chaoyue Ouyang, Chaoyue Ouyang, Xuan Zhuang, Xuan Zhuang, Xuan Zhuang, Xuan Zhuang   +11 more
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Research and progress on the mechanism of lower urinary tract neuromodulation: a literature review [PDF]

PeerJ
The storage and periodic voiding of urine in the lower urinary tract are regulated by a complex neural control system that includes the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral autonomic ganglia.
Shutong Pang, Junan Yan
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Lower urinary tract symptoms in an older man

, 2017
Lower urinary tract symptoms in men are common and increase with age. For bothersome urine voiding symptoms secondary to suspected benign prostatic enlargement, trial of an α blocker or 5α-reductase inhibitor, or both.
Madaan, S., Vedanayagam, M., Kumar, A.
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