introduction: ureaplasma uriealyticum is one of the most important causes of nongonococcal and nonspecific urethritis (ngu & nsu) in men. mycoplasma hominis too has a causal role in ngu & nsu. this study aimed to investigate whether it is possible to detect mycoplasma hominis and ureaplasma uriealyticum in first voided urine samples in men suffering from ngu & nsu without complaints of urethral...

Background: Bladder urothelial carcinoma has high recurrence rate so patients with bladder urothelial carcinoma have to be monitored thoroughly for disease recurrence, this makes bladder cancer one of the most expensive cancer types for the health care system. Voided urine cytology is the most commonly used noninvasive follow-up diagnostic tool. The purpose of this study was to assess the role ...

A n impressive amount of evidence has accumulated in recent years documenting the importance of strict diabetic control in forestalling the microvascular complications of diabetes mel-litus. 1 " 4 This subject does not need to be reviewed here for readers of this journal. Although home glucose monitoring of capillary blood has been slowly gaining acceptance, 5 at present, the daily documentatio...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the diagnostic value of the nuclear matrix protein 22 (NMP22) test in comparison to urine cytology for the detection of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (n = 34) and patients with renal calculosis (n = 25) were included in this study. Voided urine samples and separated catheter ...

OBJECTIVES Traditionally, urine cytology has been considered as the gold standard for bladder cancer screening. However, new methods are playing new roles in these cases. In order to assess the value of cytology of voided urine we performed one comparative study between cytology and biopsy. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the results of urine cytology and biopsy follow-up in 109 patients....

To the Editor: Cystoscopy is considered the gold standard as a diagnostic tool for recurrent urothelial cell carcinomas (UCCs). Unfortunately, this procedure is both invasive and costly. As a noninvasive alternative, various biomarkers have been tested in the urine of patients with bladder cancer (1 ). One of the most promising markers is the presence of telomerase activity (1, 2). Following th...