mycoplasmas hominis, mycoplasmas genitalium and ureaplasma urealyticum are associated with infections of the genitourinary tract, reproductive failure, and neonatal morbidity and mortality. a multiplex pcr was developed for simultaneously detection of these mycoplasmas species in a single amplification reaction. the total number of 104 samples was collected from 104 women’s genital specimens wi...

we report a case of human urogenital myiasis in an 86-year-old rural man with a penil ulcer and numerous alive and motile larvae from urethra and glans penis. entomological studies on adult flies showed the larvae were lucilia sericata   and wohlfahrtia magnifica . the clinical presentation and treatment strategies are discussed.

BACKGROUND Showing a prevalence rate of 0.5-0.8%, urogenital malformations discovered in newborns is regarded relatively common. The aim of this study is to examine the efficacy of ultrasound diagnostics in detecting developmental disorders in the urogenital system. METHODS We have processed the prenatal sonographic and postnatal clinical details of 175 urogenital abnormalities in 140 newborn...

The purpose of this study was to determine if Otarine Herpesvirus-1 (OtHV-1) is associated with the presence of urogenital carcinomas in California sea lions. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis with primers specific for OtHV-1 was used to compare the prevalence of OtHV-1 infection in 15 sea lions affected by urogenital carcinoma with that of age-matched and juvenile tumour-free animals, a...

Urogenital schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that can lead to bladder cancer. How urogenital schistosomiasis induces carcinogenesis remains unclear, although there is evidence that the human blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium, the infectious agent of urogenital schistosomiasis, releases estradiol-like metabolites. These kind of compounds have been implicated in other cancers. Aim...

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH), as one of the most common congenital endocrine disorders, may be significantly associated with congenital malformations. This study investigates urogenital abnormalities in children with primary CH (PCH). Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 200 children aged three months to 1 year, referred to Amir-Kabir Hospital, Arak, Iran. One hund...

patients and methods from april 2009 to november 2011, all patients with gu injuries referred to our hospital were studied. the data including age, sex, type of injury, mechanism of trauma, and prognosis of patients was collected and analyzed. results from a total of 3450 patients, 66 (1.91%) had injuries of the urogenital system; 49(74.24%) were male and 17(25.75%) female. the patients’ mean a...

The ampulla ureter and ampulla urogenital ⁄ uriniferous papilla represent differing morphologies of the caudal urogenital ducts in snakes. The ampulla ureter is an enlarged portion of the caudal extremity of the ureter that communicates the cranial regions of the ureter and the ductus deferens ⁄Wolffian duct to the urodaeum. The ampulla urogenital ⁄ uriniferous papilla is an enlarged pouch, dis...

OBJECTIVES--Whereas serovars A, B, Ba and C of Chlamydia trachomatis are usually associated with trachoma, two of these serovars (Ba and C) are occasionally observed in urogenital infections. Variation in the gene encoding the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) was explored to distinguish urogenital from trachoma specimens of the same serovar. METHODS--A large portion of the MOMP gene was ampl...

amyloidosis is a disorder of protein metabolism characterized by extracellular deposition of abnormal protein fibrils. it may either be localized to any organ or systematically distributed throughout the body. the biochemical nature of proteins varies but the physical and tinctorial properties are shared by all the amyloidogenic proteins. in the west, it is mainly composed of amyloid light (al)...