Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is common in both hospitals and the community. To investigate the prevalence of indwelling urinary catheters on district nursing caseloads in the UK.
Extensively drug-resistant (XDR) is defined as isolates sensitive only to two or fewer antimicrobial categories. This paper aims to present the treatment outcome and identify factors associated with poor clinical response among children with XDR gram-negative urinary tract infection (UTI).
Prostate-specific antigen velocity (PSAV) is used to monitor men with clinical suspicion of prostate cancer (PCa), with a normal cut-off point of 0.3-0.5 ng/mL/year. The aim of the study is to establish the predictive capacity of PSAV (value and acceleration) and of the free PSA/total PSA index or ratio.
Residual penile curvature is a common situation following the implantation of a penile prosthesis in patients with Peyronie’s disease. Currently, there is a variety of options for the correction of residual curvature, including penile modeling, plication techniques, as well as tunical incision/excision with or without grafting.
Surgery is the golden standard for the treatment of patients with Peyronie’s disease in chronic phase (12-18 months). Learning risk factors for post-surgical curvature (>20°) would aid both surgeon and patient in their decision-making process.
To evaluate the presence and analyze the pathological changes within the testes of patients who died or recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) complications. Testis tissue was collected from autopsies of COVID-19 positive (n=6) and negative men (n=3).
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have a size of more than 200 bp and are known to regulate a host of crucial cellular processes like proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis by regulating gene expression.
Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a progressive bladder disease characterized by increased urothelial permeability, inflammation of the bladder with abdominal pain. While there is no consensus on the etiology of the disease, it was believed that restoring the barrier between urinary solutes and (GAG) urothelium would interrupt the progression of this disease.
Focal instead of whole gland ablation for prostate cancer has been proposed to decrease treatment morbidity. We sought to determine differences in erectile function and urinary continence after focal and whole gland ablation for prostate cancer.
The aim of this study was to evaluate: 1) the prevalence of male infertility due to ejaculatory dysfunction (premature ejaculation-PE, intravaginal ejaculatory dysfunction-IVEjD, anejaculation-AE, and retrograde ejaculation-RE); and 2) the hormonal profile and semen characteristics of such subjects.
