PURPOSE The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of Ureaplasma urealyticum (U. urealyticum) and Mycoplasma hominis (M. hominis) infection in women with urogenital diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS M. hominis and U. urealyticum was assessed in 541 women from gynaecological and STD outpatient clinics, aged 18-55 years. A Mycoplasma IST 2 kit was used for biochemical determination of mycopl...

1 Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Infectious Disease Section, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy, 2 Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Radiology Section, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, 3 Department of Surgical Science (DISC), Luciano Giuliani Department of Urology, University of Genoa, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy, 4 Department of Surgery (DISC), Pathology Secti...

Corynebacterium species are increasingly recognized as opportunistic pathogens. A growing number of taxonomic studies has yielded a description of numerous new Corynebacterium species, such as those related to the urogenital tract, with Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum found to be rarely involved in genitourinary tract infections, particularly in male individuals. In this report, we describe a ...

Sow performance is a key component of the productivity of commercial pig farms. Reproductive failure in the sow is common in pig production. For every 100 sows served, 89 should farrow. In absence of specific diseases such as porcine parvovirus, pseudo-rabies, swine fever, leptospirosis and brucellosis, management failures are the most important causes of loss. A syndrome associated with reprod...

BACKGROUND This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of the influence of comorbidity in OA. The objectives of the study were (i) to describe the prevalence of comorbidity and (ii) to describe the relationship between comorbidity (morbidity count, severity and the presence of specific diseases) and limitations in activities and pain in elderly patients with knee or hip OA using a comprehens...

The discovery of protein biomarkers that reflect the biological state of the body is of vital importance to disease management. Urine is an ideal source of biomarkers that provides a non-invasive approach to diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of diseases. Consequently, the study of the human urinary proteome has increased dramatically over the last 10 years, with many studies being published. ...

The commonest urogenital tumours in childhood are Wilms tumour of the kidney and rhabdomyosarcoma in the pelvis. We review these tumours along with other primary renal tumours and less common ovarian and testicular tumours in childhood. Current clinical concepts, relevant staging investigations and imaging features are described.

conclusions there was a strong relation between the presence of the studied m. hominis and u. urealyticum with urogenital infection in the females under study in comparison with those of control groups. the studied mollicutes were highly associated with habitual abortion in symptomatic females. the multiplex pcr was developed for simultaneous, early, and easy detection of these potential pathog...