Folate catabolites in spot urine as non-invasive biomarkers of folate status during habitual intake and folic acid supplementation. [PDF]
Folate status, as reflected by red blood cell (RCF) and plasma folates (PF), is related to health and disease risk. Folate degradation products para-aminobenzoylglutamate (pABG) and para-acetamidobenzoylglutamate (apABG) in 24 hour urine have recently ...
Berthold Koletzko (144194) +36 more
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Background Efforts to control and eliminate schistosomiasis have accelerated over the past decade. As parasite burden, associated morbidity and egg excretion decrease, diagnosis with standard parasitological methods becomes harder.
Dominique Keller +12 more
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Diabetes is a risk factor for high-dose methotrexate-associated AKI in lymphoma patients
Purpose The aim of the study was to investigate the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) occurring after high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) administration and the role of type 2 diabetes (T2D) playing in the occurrence of AKI.
Yujia Wang +5 more
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Study and implementation of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba islands) using an integrated multidisciplinary approach [PDF]
: BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that continues to be a major public health problem in many developing countries being responsible for an estimated burden of at least 1.4 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Africa ...
Colley Daniel G +38 more
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RAD140 is a selective androgen receptor modulator which has been abused in sporting competitions. Its use is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for athletes at all times.
Felicitas Wagener +4 more
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All that is blood is not schistosomiasis : experiences with reagent strip testing for urogenital schistosomiasis with special consideration to very-low prevalence settings [PDF]
Reagent strip testing for microhaematuria has long been used for community diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium. Sensitivities and specificities are reasonable, and hence, microhaematuria can serve as a proxy for S. haematobium infection.
Eliézer K. N’Goran +22 more
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Background Urinary tract infections (UTI) are mostly caused by bacteria. Urine cultures are usually a definitive measure to select the appropriate antibiotics for the elimination of a uropathogen and subsequent recovery from the infection.
Kukwah Anthony Tufon +3 more
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Contamination rates of three urine-sampling methods to assess bacteriuria in pregnant women [PDF]
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. +13 more
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Utility of novel diagnostic tests for tuberculosis using human urine [PDF]
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Two thirds of new TB cases in sub-Saharan Africa are HIV coinfected. HIV-TB co-infection increases the incidence of extra-pulmonary, sputum smear-negative and sputum-scarce TB.
Muchinga, Tapuwa Enwell
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Predicting urinary creatinine excretion and its usefulness to identify incomplete 24h urine collections [PDF]
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. +19 more
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