testicular scintigraphy has been well validated in the evaluation of patients with suspected testicular torsion and provides an accurate evaluation of testicular perfusion at the lime of imaging. however, the presence of normal or increased perfusion to the testis does not definitively exclude the necessity for surgical intervention. a case of intermittent testicular torsion, with a review of t...

Malakoplakia is an uncommon but distinctive type of chronic granulomatous inflammation that occurs most commonly in the genitourinary tract, especially the urinary bladder. Most patients have associated conditions characterized by some degree of immunosuppression, as seen in solid-organ transplants, autoimmune diseases requiring steroid use, chemotherapy, chronic systemic diseases, alcohol abus...

• SLPI prevents tissue destruction and regulates inflammation at barrier tissues. production function is deregulated in several inflammatory diseases. Excessive expression of cancer cells may promote their metastatic potential. The immune system continuously challenged with large quantities exogenous antigens the barriers between external environment internal human Antimicrobial activity essent...

A total of two hundred and thirteen (213) bacterial isolates were obtained gastrointestinal, urogenital and urinary tract specimens Specialist Hospital and Decent Laboratory in Kofar M The isolates were screened for the production of β method. β-lactamase production w lactamase production among Gram negative and G found to be 141(70.15%) and 5 (41.67%) respectively Haemophilus spp. 1(100%), Sal...

Estrogens are crucial for the proper functioning of genitourinary tract. Hypoestrogenism related to menopause could be linked to numerous disturbances of lower urinary tract. However, the results of most well designed clinical studies do not support use of estrogen or hormone replacement therapy for the treatment of genitourinary symptoms. According to evidence base medicine stress urinary inco...

Coccidioides immitis is a ubiquitous fungal pathogen endemic to the southwest and western United States. Clinical coccidioidomycosis is usually restricted to the respiratory tract and extrapulmonary involvement accounts for less than 1% of reported cases.1 Involvement of the genitourinary tract is usually asymptomatic and discovered post mortem in patients with disseminated coccidioidomycosis.2...

BACKGROUND Although family physicians have a key role in clinical management of many diseases and in community health, the accuracy of the diagnosis for congenital anomalies by family physicians still needs more investigations. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of family physicians in case detection and diagnosis of congenital anomalies in rural areas, northwest of Iran. METHOD...

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are defined as diseases which are caused by a microbial invasion of the genitourinary tract that extends from the renal cortex of the kidney to the urethral meatus 2 . Among UTIs acquired in the hospital, approximately 75% are associated with a urinary catheter 3 . Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most important Device associated ...

An agar growth inhibition method for serotyping Ureaplasma urealyticum is described, and the results of applying this method to serotyping 338 strains of the organism are presented. The serotyped strains consisted of cloned isolates from male patients with primary and recurrent nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), isolates from symptomatic patients with other genitourinary tract infections and disor...