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In this study, the importance of urinary N-acetyl β-u glucosaminidase (NAG) as an index of renal injury was assessed inpatients with liver cirrhosis. The study was carried out on 14 cirrhotic patients without primary ...

The diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) is difficult in the newborn period since the signs and symptoms of UTI are nonspecific in this age group. Urinary tract infection in infancy may lead to renal scars and if i...

Loss of anionic charge of the glomerular basement membrane is one of the contributing factors in the development of albuminuria in diabetic individuals. Decreased anionic charge is associated with increased urinary hepar...

OBJECTIVE: Clinical studies have demonstrated that tubulointerstitial rather than glomerular pathology correlates with the degree and progression of renal impairment. Urinary n-acetyl-betaD-glucosaminidase (NAG) is a bio...

Haemophilus influenzae, particularly in children, causeslocal and systemic infectionssuch asmeningitis, pneumonia, epiglottitis, otitis media,sinusitis and bacteremia. This bacterium hasrarely been implicated as the caus...

Introduction: Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus, GBS) is a recognized urinary pathogen both in males and pregnant or non-pregnant women. Data regarding GBS serotypes recovered from urinary tract infections ...

Urinary tract infections are one of the major health problems in children and the most frequently encountered etiological agents is Escherichia coli. Antibiotic sensivity and resistance of E. coli species yielded from...

In this study, clinical features in 24 patients diagnosed as urinary tuberculosis in our nephrology and urology clinics between 1993 and 2000 years were investigated retrospectively. Fourteen patients (52 %) were male ...

Urinary leakage is a well-recognized complication of renal transplant surgery, which may lead to increased morbidity. In order to define clinical efficacy of renal scintigraphy in urinary leakages, we retrospectively rev...

Lower urinary tract of 138 patients with end stage renal disease were evaluated by means of radiologic and urodynamic studies in all and endoscopic studies in selected cases.Urodynamic studies were performed before and 3...

OBJECTİVES: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common cause of bacterial infection in renal transplant recipients. It occurs frequently in the early period because of the high-dose immunosuppressive agents and ur...

Dipstick urinalysis is probably the most commonly performed medical screening test for diagnosis of urinary tract infection in childhood. The aim of this prospective blinded study was to assess the sensitivity and specif...

Urinary tract infection (UT1) is influenced by daily fluid intake, and there is a positive correlation between UTI and slowing down of urinary flow within the urinary tract. In this study, the dynamic of fluid intake and...

To investigate the role and importance of iinmun system on the pathogenesis of uncomplicated RUTIs, 24 children with uncomplicated RUTIs (21 girls, 3 beys; age 5.81.0 years) were studied in the present study. Absolute ...

We discussed two cases 8-year old boy and 14-year old girl with daytime urinary frequency syndrome. Their medical histories, physical examinations, complet urinalysis and renal ultrasonography findings were normal. Sympo...

OBJECTIVE: In the current study we aimed to analyze the relationship between urinary albumin excretion (UAE) with cognitive dysfunction in Turkish Type 2 diabetic patients MATERIAL and METHODS: Patients with type 2 dia...

OBJECTIVE: Autonomic nervous system dysfunction (ASD) has been widely observed in patients with type 2 diabetes. 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) and heart rate measurements have been found to associate with ASD i...

OBJECTIVE: Recently, urinary angiotensinogen (AGT) is used frequently as a marker of intrarenal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) activity. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between urinar...

Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) remains an important tool in evaluating children with vesicoureteric reflux (VUR). Nosocomial urinary tract infections (UT1) are still an ongoing problem in children and VCUG may lead to...

The treatment of the urinary tract infections (UTI) in childhood is necessary, before the culture and sensitivity results. Physicians are searching for new therapy models in recent years, because of resistance developing...

It has been described that the colonized microorganisms which have been growing and spreading through the urinary tract is an important factor for causing the urinary tract infection at the etiology of perineum colonizat...

OBJECTIVE: Hypertension is very frequently observed in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Increased salt intake has been shown to be related with elevated blood pressure. However, factors related with 24 hour urinary sodium ...

Urinary tract obstruction occurs with a 3-10 % incidence following renal transplantation. Early prompt diagnosis of acute urinary obstruction is essential in order to prevent long-term graft damage. In the current case, ...

The urothelium serves as a barrier and a storage functions due to the specialized structure of the superficial cells and junctional complexes, while maintaining the urine composition similar to that generated by kidneys....