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Optimal perioperative antibiotic strategy for kidney stone patients treated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objective: To assess the relevance of urine test (UT), urine culture (UC) and stone culture (SC) for postoperative infections and to investigate the optimal perioperative antibiotic treatment strategy in association with percutaneous nephrolithotomy ...
Tao Zeng, Dong Chen, Weizhou Wu, Yapeng Huang, Shike Zhang, Zhijian Zhao, Xiaolu Duan, Yang Liu, Hans-Göran Tiselius, Aisha Khan, Guohua Zeng, Wenqi Wu   +11 more
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Time to blood, respiratory and urine culture positivity in the intensive care unit: Implications for de-escalation

SAGE Open Medicine, 2021
Objectives: Concern for late detection of bacterial pathogens is a barrier to early de-escalation efforts. The purpose of this study was to assess blood, respiratory and urine culture results at 72 h to test the hypothesis that early negative culture ...
Lindsey A Sellers, Kathryn M Fitton, Margaret F Segovia, Christy C Forehand, Kevin K Dobbin, Andrea Sikora Newsome   +5 more
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Clinical Value of a Routine Urine Culture Prior to Transrectal Prostate Biopsy

European Urology Open Science, 2023
Background: Infectious complications after a transrectal prostate biopsy may be severe. In Sweden, a routine culture prior to all prostate biopsies was introduced to enable targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis and reduce postbiopsy infections.
Joakim Örtegren, Anna Wimmerstedt, Daniel Åberg, Håkan Janson, Henrik Kjölhede, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Ola Bratt   +6 more
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Diagnosis of \u3cem\u3eStrongyloides stercoralis\u3c/em\u3e: Detection of Parasite-Derived DNA in Urine [PDF]

, 2016
Detecting infections of Strongyloides stercoralis is arduous and has low sensitivity. Clinically this is a major problem because chronic infections may disseminate in the host and lead to a life threatening condition. Epidemiologically, S. stercoralis is
Caro, Reynaldo, Krolewiecki, Alejandro, Lodh, Nilanjan, Scott, Alan, Shiff, Clive J., Sofer, Shterna   +5 more
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Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) in a Patient With Compound Heterozygous OPA1 Variants: Case Report and Literature Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Super‐Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE) is a rare, life‐threatening neurological emergency with unclear etiology in many cases. Mitochondrial dysfunction, often due to disease‐causing genetic variants, is increasingly recognized as a cause, with each gene producing distinct pathophysiological mechanisms.
Pouria Mohammadi, Lara Basovic, Christopher Michael McGraw   +2 more
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Positive Culture Prior to Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Was Not Associated with Post-Biopsy Febrile Urinary Tract Infection Development

Research and Reports in Urology, 2021
Yoichiro Tohi, Kengo Fujiwara, Satoshi Harada, Iori Matsuda, Ayako Ito, Mari Yamasaki, Yasuyuki Miyauchi, Yuki Matsuoka, Takuma Kato, Rikiya Taoka, Hiroyuki Tsunemori, Nobufumi Ueda, Mikio Sugimoto Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa ...
Tohi Y, Fujiwara K, Harada S, Matsuda I, Ito A, Yamasaki M, Miyauchi Y, Matsuoka Y, Kato T, Taoka R, Tsunemori H, Ueda N, Sugimoto M   +12 more
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Preanalytical requirements: Focus on urine culture

BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences, 2019
In a microbiology laboratory, the urine cultures rank among the major tests ordered by doctors. Urine culture using both automated and traditional manual methods are commonly used.
Sunite A Ganju, Neeraj Kumar Ganju
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Utility of DNA Next-Generation Sequencing and Expanded Quantitative Urine Culture in Diagnosis and Management of Chronic or Persistent Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2019
Many patients suffer from chronic, irritative lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). The evaluation and management of these patients have proven difficult with the use of standard diagnostic tools, including urinalysis and urine culture.
Monika A. Gasiorek, M. Hsieh, C. Forster
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Spinal Cord Infarction Versus Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Clinical, Radiological, and Functional Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is a rare but devastating myelopathy, characterized by a high disability rate and an unfavorable prognosis. It has often been underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed as idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM). This study aimed to describe the clinical features, radiological biomarkers, treatments, and functional ...
Zeqiang Ji, Jianlong Zhang, Yiming Shi, Shiyu Shan, Yang Du, Guangshuo Li, Ying Jin, Yani Zhang, Chuanying Wang, Yijun Lin, Yuhao Guo, Decai Tian, Xingquan Zhao, Tian Song   +13 more
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Clinical Validation of Plasma p‐217tau in Neurological Diseases

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Plasma p‐217tau is a minimally invasive but specific biomarker for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its disease specificity remains to be clinically evaluated. We validated the reliability of the p‐217tau biomarker in 12 other neurological diseases.
Takeshi Kawarabayashi, Takumi Nakamura, Ryoma Takahashi, Tetsuya Ueda, Seiji Kinoshita, Chikage Uchida, Takashi Sugawara, Kentaro Hashimoto, Kunihiko Ishizawa, Masakuni Amari, Hiroo Kasahara, Yoshio Ikeda, Masamitsu Takatama, Mikio Shoji   +13 more
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