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High diagnostic yield of tuberculosis from screening urine samples from HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. [PDF]

, 2012
: ABSTRACT:: We determined the diagnostic yield of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for tuberculosis (TB) when testing small volumes of urine from ambulatory HIV-infected patients prior to starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa.
Vogt, M, Kerkhoff, AD, Wood, R, Lawn, SD
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Human polyomaviruses JC and BK in the urine of Brazilian children and adolescents vertically infected by HIV

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
The aim of this study was to characterize the urinary excretion of the BK (BKV) and JC (JCV) human polyomaviruses in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children and adolescents. One hundred and fifty-six patients were enrolled: Group
Daisy Maria Machado, Maria Cristina Fink, Cláudio Sérgio Pannuti, Regina Célia de Menezes Succi, Alessandra Aparecida Machado, Fabiana Bononi do Carmo, Aída de Fátima Barbosa Gouvêa, Paulo Roberto Urbano, Suenia Vasconcelos Beltrão, Isabel Cristina Lopes dos Santos, Clarisse Martins Machado   +10 more
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Collagen-Derived Peptides in CKD: A Link to Fibrosis

Toxins, 2021
Collagen is a major component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and has an imminent role in fibrosis, in, among others, chronic kidney disease (CKD). Collagen alpha-1(I) (col1a1) is the most abundant collagen type and has previously been underlined for ...
Emmanouil Mavrogeorgis, Harald Mischak, Agnieszka Latosinska, Antonia Vlahou, Joost P. Schanstra, Justyna Siwy, Vera Jankowski, Joachim Beige, Joachim Jankowski   +8 more
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Contamination rates of three urine-sampling methods to assess bacteriuria in pregnant women [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: To estimate and compare contamination rates of three different urine-sampling methods in pregnant women to assess bacteriuria. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 113 pregnant women collected three different midstream urine samples ...
Visser, C.E., Geerlings, S.E., van den Heuvel, E.R., Stolk, Ronald P.; id_orcid, Stolk, R.P., Erwich, J.J.H.M., Visser, Caroline E., Schneeberger, C., Stolk, Ronald P., Schneeberger, Caroline, Geerlings, Suzanne E., Erwich, Jan Jaap H. M., Erwich, Jan Jaap H. M.; id_orcid, van den Heuvel, Edwin R.   +13 more
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Urinary-Based Markers for Bladder Cancer Detection

Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal, 2020
BackgroundThe use of urine markers for diagnosis and surveillance has been a topic of broad interest and ongoing controversies in the management of patients with bladder cancer.
Tilman Todenhöfer, Michele Lodde, Kim van Kessel, Renate Pichler, Antonia Vlahou, Yair Lotan
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The Urinary Resistome of Clinically Healthy Companion Dogs: Potential One Health Implications

Antibiotics, 2022
An interdisciplinary approach to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is essential to effectively address what is projected to soon become a public health disaster.
Tonatiuh Melgarejo, Nathan Sharp, Janina A. Krumbeck, Guangxi Wu, Young J. Kim, Annika Linde   +5 more
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Predicting urinary creatinine excretion and its usefulness to identify incomplete 24h urine collections [PDF]

, 2012
Studies using 24 h urine collections need to incorporate ways to validate the completeness of the urine samples. Models to predict urinary creatinine excretion (UCE) have been developed for this purpose; however, information on their usefulness to ...
Dekkers, A.L.M., Rehurkova, I., Veer, P., van 't, de Boer, E., Keyzer, W., de, de Henauw, S., Crispim, S.P., de Keyzer, W., van 't Veer, P., Maele, G., van, Volatier, J.L., Slimani, N., Boer, E., de, Huybrechts, I., Ruprich, J., Hulshof, P.J.M., Andersen, L.F., van Maele, G., Geelen, A., Henauw, S., de   +19 more
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High-Throughput Determination of Major Mycotoxins with Human Health Concerns in Urine by LC-Q TOF MS and Its Application to an Exposure Study

Toxins, 2022
Human biomonitoring constitutes a suitable tool to assess exposure to toxins overcoming the disadvantages of traditional methods. Urine constitutes an accessible biological matrix in biomonitoring studies.
Noelia Pallarés, Dionisia Carballo, Emilia Ferrer, Yelko Rodríguez-Carrasco, Houda Berrada   +4 more
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Cluster Analysis Statistical Spectroscopy for the Identification of Metabolites in ¹H NMR Metabolomics

Metabolites, 2022
Metabolite identification in non-targeted NMR-based metabolomics remains a challenge. While many peaks of frequently occurring metabolites are assigned, there is a high number of unknowns in high-resolution NMR spectra, hampering biological conclusions ...
Silke S. Heinzmann, Melanie Waldenberger, Annette Peters, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin   +3 more
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Development and characterization of a pseudo multiple reaction monitoring method for the quantification of human uromodulin in urine. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Uromodulin is the most abundant protein in healthy human urine. Recently it has been suggested as a specific biomarker of renal tubular damage.
Hammond, Thomas G., Moes, Suzette, Devuyst, Olivier, Jenö, Paul, Hammond, Thomas G, Jennings, Paul, Odermatt, Alex, Youhanna, Sonia   +7 more
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