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Us-Pakistan Relations: The Way Forward, Tariq Gilani Nov 2006

Us-Pakistan Relations: The Way Forward, Tariq Gilani

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Gnrh Agonist And Antagonist: Options For Endometriosis Pain Treatment , Frances R. Batzer Nov 2006

Gnrh Agonist And Antagonist: Options For Endometriosis Pain Treatment , Frances R. Batzer

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Faculty Papers

Basic science research into the mechanism of the development of endometriosis, its persistence and resulting pain has begun to improve our understanding of how various therapeutic options work. While none of the available treatments resolves the underlying disease process, there are a growing number of alternatives. One of the more recent classes of medical options includes the GnRH agonist and antagonists. While at present this class of medical options is the most expensive and involved in implementation, they prove invaluable in terms of offering an aggressive, successful alternative for many patients. Furthermore, they may act directly on endometrial lesions in …

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Defining Health And Health-Related Behaviors Following A Near-Death Experience, Suzanne C. Robertson Phd Nov 2006

Defining Health And Health-Related Behaviors Following A Near-Death Experience, Suzanne C. Robertson Phd

Dissertations

While broad categories of health and influences on definitions of health have been identified, the process through which adults define and re-define health has not been researched. The purpose of this study was to investigate the process of defining health and appropriate health-related behaviors following a near-death experience (NDE) as an adult and to articulate a grounded theory of decision-making. Five men and 15 women from the United States and United Kingdom were interviewed and the data were analyzed using the constant comparative method. The basic social process was I Still Had to Go Through the Process of Understanding. Understanding …

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Taking The Sting Out Of Reporting Requirements: Reproductive Health Clinics And The Constitutional Right To Informational Privacy, Jessica Ansley Bodger Nov 2006

Taking The Sting Out Of Reporting Requirements: Reproductive Health Clinics And The Constitutional Right To Informational Privacy, Jessica Ansley Bodger

Duke Law Journal

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Punishment, Prisons, And The Bible: Does "Old Testament Justice" Justify Our Retributive Culture?, Martin H. Pritikin Nov 2006

Punishment, Prisons, And The Bible: Does "Old Testament Justice" Justify Our Retributive Culture?, Martin H. Pritikin

Cardozo Law Review

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Student Life, November 01, 2006 Nov 2006

Student Life, November 01, 2006

Student Life Newspapers

November 01, 2006 issue of Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878. 2006-2007 academic year. Permanent URL: https://doi.org/10.7936/K7PN94QG

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Diabetes Mellitus And Male Osteoporosis. Is There A Relationship?, Abdulmohsen H. Al-Elq, Mir Sadat-Ali Nov 2006

Diabetes Mellitus And Male Osteoporosis. Is There A Relationship?, Abdulmohsen H. Al-Elq, Mir Sadat-Ali

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between male osteoporosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS: We screened 154 male Saudi Arabian patients over the age of 50 years for osteoporosis between May and December 2005, at the Endocrine and Orthopedic Clinics of King Fahd University Hospital, Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Patients body mass index was calculated. Fasting blood glucose was measured in all patients. All patients with type 2 DM hemoglobin A1c levels were measured at follow up. All had bone mineral density (BMD) measurement of hip area and the lumbar spine using the dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scan, …

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Pregnancy Outcomes And Complications In Advanced Maternal Age, Seddigheh Ayaty, Fatemeh Vahidroudsari, Mohammad T. Shakeri, Zohreh Yousefi Nov 2006

Pregnancy Outcomes And Complications In Advanced Maternal Age, Seddigheh Ayaty, Fatemeh Vahidroudsari, Mohammad T. Shakeri, Zohreh Yousefi

Saudi Medical Journal

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Drinking Game Participation Among College Students: Gender And Ethnic Implications, Eric R. Pedersen, Joseph W. Labrie Nov 2006

Drinking Game Participation Among College Students: Gender And Ethnic Implications, Eric R. Pedersen, Joseph W. Labrie

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Participation in drinking games by college students has recently sparked research attention. While previous research indicates that women play drinking games at lower frequencies than men, the current study reveals that college women may be playing games at rates similar to college men. In a sample of 105 coed college students, participants completed a 3-month Timeline Followback recording every drinking event and quantity consumed. They then were prompted to identify which drinking events involved drinking games and how much alcohol was consumed during game playing. Both men and women engaged in drinking games at similar rates and consumed more drinks …

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Not Just A Minimum Income Policy For Physicians: The Need For Good Faith And Fair Dealing In Physician Deselection Disputes, Stephen D. Coppolo Nov 2006

Not Just A Minimum Income Policy For Physicians: The Need For Good Faith And Fair Dealing In Physician Deselection Disputes, Stephen D. Coppolo

William & Mary Law Review

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Characterization Of Host Cell Death Induced By Chlamydia Trachomatis, Songmin Ying, Silke F. Fischer, Matthew A. Pettengill, Debye Conte, Stefan A. Paschen, David M. Ojcius, Georg Hacker Nov 2006

Characterization Of Host Cell Death Induced By Chlamydia Trachomatis, Songmin Ying, Silke F. Fischer, Matthew A. Pettengill, Debye Conte, Stefan A. Paschen, David M. Ojcius, Georg Hacker

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria that modulate apoptosis of the host cell. Strikingly, chlamydial infection has been reported both to inhibit and to induce apoptosis. Although the ability to inhibit apoptosis has been corroborated by the identification of cellular targets, confirmation of cell death induction has been complicated by a mixture of apoptotic features and atypical cell death during infection, as well as by differences in the experimental techniques used to measure cell death. Here we use a panel of well-established approaches in the study of apoptosis to define the form of cell death induced by Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Infected …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 31, November 1, 2006 Nov 2006

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 31, November 1, 2006

Central Florida Future

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Rrh Library Newsletter, November 2006, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health Nov 2006

Rrh Library Newsletter, November 2006, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Diabetes; Smoking Cessation

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Dynamic Modeling And Statistical Analysis Of Event Times, Edsel A. Pena Nov 2006

Dynamic Modeling And Statistical Analysis Of Event Times, Edsel A. Pena

Faculty Publications

This review article provides an overview of recent work in the modeling and analysis of recurrent events arising in engineering, reliability, public health, biomedicine and other areas. Recurrent event modeling possesses unique facets making it different and more difficult to handle than single event settings. For instance, the impact of an increasing number of event occurrences needs to be taken into account, the effects of covariates should be considered, potential association among the interevent times within a unit cannot be ignored, and the effects of performed interventions after each event occurrence need to be factored in. A recent general class …

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Russian Defense Reform: Current Trends, Irina Isakova Dr. Nov 2006

Russian Defense Reform: Current Trends, Irina Isakova Dr.

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the topic of Russian defense policy has not received great attention. The rebuilding of Russian military strength is a high priority of President Vladimir Putin, and one to which he and his subordinates have devoted considerable time and resources. Therefore, inattention to Russian defense policy is unwise and even dangerous because it causes us to overlook potentially major changes not only in Russian policy, but in international affairs more generally. This monograph encompasses virtually all aspects of the reform of the forces, their organizational structure, the financing of the military, reform of the …

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Developing Institutional Faculty Communities To Review And Assess Sotl Work, Paul Savory, Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy M. Goodburn Nov 2006

Developing Institutional Faculty Communities To Review And Assess Sotl Work, Paul Savory, Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy M. Goodburn

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

This workshop explores theoretical questions and practical strategies for how to develop faculty peer reviewers for SOTL work. After reading a set of faculty case-study files that include varying forms of SOTL work, participants will engage in guided discussion about reviewing and assessing such work and about developing faculty communities equipped to do such work. Presenter(s) also will seek feedback on guidelines that they have developed for external reviewers of SOTL work. Many teaching efforts have focused primarily on engaging faculty to participate in SOTL initiatives, with little attention to creating mechanisms for evaluating and assessing the work resulting from …

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Dermatology Is A Specialty; Dermatology Is Not A Subspecialty., Lawrence Parish, Larry E Millikan Nov 2006

Dermatology Is A Specialty; Dermatology Is Not A Subspecialty., Lawrence Parish, Larry E Millikan

Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers

Specialization began in American medicine about the time of the War Between the States. Several factors spurred the direction of practitioners away from being the so-called “complete physicians. Most important were the advances in instrumentation made by the 1860’s, which allowed ophthalmology and otolaryngology to develop into distinct divisions of allopathic medicine; sometimes, they even joined together, viz eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist. Dermatology, too, became one of the early specialties for a myriad of reasons ranging from the obvious – visual inspection - to the mundane, viz. default – syphilis was too ugly and complicated for every physician …

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Does How I Feel About It Matter? The Role Of Affect In Cognitive And Behavioral Reactions To An Illness Diagnosis, Darnell Schuettler, Marc T. Kiviniemi Nov 2006

Does How I Feel About It Matter? The Role Of Affect In Cognitive And Behavioral Reactions To An Illness Diagnosis, Darnell Schuettler, Marc T. Kiviniemi

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Individuals often have low rates of compliance with treatment recommendations. We examined the role that experienced affect at the time of illness diagnosis might play in influencing thoughts and feelings relating treatment compliance. Participants were randomly assigned to receive a positive, neutral, or negative affect induction after imagining they were diagnosed with kidney cancer. They then reported on thoughts and feelings about the illness and the treatment regimen. Participants also reported interest in additional information about the illness and behavioral intentions for complying with the treatment regimen. Affect significantly influenced interest in information and behavioral intentions. Both effects were mediated …

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Contributions Of Muhadhdhab Al-Deen Al-Baghdadi To The Progress Of Medicine And Urology. A Study And Translations From His Book Al-Mukhtar, Rabie E. Abdel-Halim Nov 2006

Contributions Of Muhadhdhab Al-Deen Al-Baghdadi To The Progress Of Medicine And Urology. A Study And Translations From His Book Al-Mukhtar, Rabie E. Abdel-Halim

Saudi Medical Journal

This study of the Arabic 4-volume book of Al-Mukhtar Fi Al-Tibb (Choice Book on Medicine) written by the Muslim physician Muhadhdhab Al-Deen Al-Baghdadi (515-610 H, 1117-1213 AD) aimed at evaluating his contributions to the progress of medicine and urology along with providing English translations of relevant excerpts. Al-Baghdadi laid emphasis on the morals of medical practice and the principles of medical education describing how to select medical students and how to evaluate graduates. He stressed on the need for a long training program directly supervised by skilled expert doctors both in hospitals (Al-Bimaristanat) and during home visits. A good part …

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Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cytokines And Hypoxia. What Is The Link?, Ahmed K. Al-Shukaili, Ali A. Al-Jabri Nov 2006

Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cytokines And Hypoxia. What Is The Link?, Ahmed K. Al-Shukaili, Ali A. Al-Jabri

Saudi Medical Journal

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder that affects approximately 1% of the population, in a female to male ratio of 3:1. The disease can occur at any age, but it is most common among those aged 40-70 years. Despite many years of study, the etiology of RA is still undefined. However, with increased understanding of the immune system the pathogenesis of RA has become clearer. A large bulk of data suggests that T lymphocytes and macrophages play a critical role in the initiation and perpetuation of synovial inflammation. Recently, the cytokine profile of T helper cells has …

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Does Ramadan Fasting Affect Expiratory Flow Rates In Healthy Subjects?, Qamar A. Siddiqui, Mohammed N. Khan, Salman Sabir Nov 2006

Does Ramadan Fasting Affect Expiratory Flow Rates In Healthy Subjects?, Qamar A. Siddiqui, Mohammed N. Khan, Salman Sabir

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether Ramadan fasting affects the expiratory flow rates in healthy subjects, and to know if these effects correlate to a change in other variables. METHODS: This unmatched case-control longitudinal study includes 46 non-smoking healthy subjects who undertook lung function testing at the Aga Khan University, Pakistan. Expiratory flow rates and body mass were measured in 3 Islamic months, corresponding to November 2001 to January 2002. RESULTS: There was a significant reduction in body mass in Ramadan compared to pre and post Ramadan. No significant changes in expiratory flows were seen during Ramadan as compared to the pre …

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The Effect Of H1 Calponin Expression On Gallstone Formation In Pregnancy, Ding Youming, Wang Bin, Wang Weixing, Wang Binghua, Luo Ruoyu, Cheng Bangchang Nov 2006

The Effect Of H1 Calponin Expression On Gallstone Formation In Pregnancy, Ding Youming, Wang Bin, Wang Weixing, Wang Binghua, Luo Ruoyu, Cheng Bangchang

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of h1 calponin mRNA expression on the biliary tract dynamics, and investigate the molecular mechanisms of gallstone formation in pregnancy. METHODS: This study was carried out in Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, and in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wuhan University School of Medicine, Wuhan, China from July to December 2004. Thirty female guinea pigs were divided randomly into 3 groups, the nonpregnant group (n=10) (group A), the 30 days of pregnancy group (n=10) (group B), and the 60 days of pregnancy group (n=10) (group C). Animal models of pregnancy were established on …

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Suspected Acute Appendicitis In Female Patients. Trends In Diagnosis In Emergency Department In A University Hospital In Western Region Of Saudi Arabia, Fatma K. Althoubaity Nov 2006

Suspected Acute Appendicitis In Female Patients. Trends In Diagnosis In Emergency Department In A University Hospital In Western Region Of Saudi Arabia, Fatma K. Althoubaity

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the negative appendectomy rate; utilization, accuracy of Alvarado scale, ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT) in diagnosis of acute appendicitis. METHODS: Hospital records of 124 female patients admitted for suspicious of acute appendicitis from January 2003 - January 2004 to the Emergency Department (ED) at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia were reviewed retrospectively. We reviewed the age of patients, clinical presentation, Alvarado scale, US, CT, histopathological diagnosis of appendicular specimen. RESULTS: A total of 124 female patients aged 6-64 years were presented to ED with right iliac fossa pain. Of the total, 103 patients have appendectomies …

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Emergency General Surgical Admissions. Prospective Institutional Experience In Non-Traumatic Acute Abdomen: Implications For Education, Training And Service, Abdulmohsen A. Al-Mulhim Nov 2006

Emergency General Surgical Admissions. Prospective Institutional Experience In Non-Traumatic Acute Abdomen: Implications For Education, Training And Service, Abdulmohsen A. Al-Mulhim

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To assess the pattern of non-traumatic acute abdomen (NTAA) in emergency general surgical admissions in Saudi Arabia (SA) and highlight the implications for education, training and patient care. METHODS: A prospective study including all emergency general surgical admissions with NTAA at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, SA over a 2-year period from October 2001 to September 2003. RESULTS: There were 3,706 general surgical admissions; 1,661 (45%) electives and 2,045 (55%) emergencies. A total of 1,096 admissions (mean age 27.6 years, 73% males) with NTAA were analyzed. Acute appendicitis was the most common diagnosis (47%), followed by non-specific …

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Does The Anatomical Localization Of Lower Extremity Venous Diseases Affect The Quality Of Life?, Ganime Sadikoglu, Alis Ozcakir, Ilker Ercan, Caner Yildiz, Yurtkuran Sadikoglu Nov 2006

Does The Anatomical Localization Of Lower Extremity Venous Diseases Affect The Quality Of Life?, Ganime Sadikoglu, Alis Ozcakir, Ilker Ercan, Caner Yildiz, Yurtkuran Sadikoglu

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of venous diseases at different anatomical localizations on the qualities of life of patients with varicose veins. METHODS: The study included 354 cases, which was referred to a private vascular and interventional radiology center in Bursa, Turkey between January 2005 to January 2006. The cases were diagnosed with visual inspection and were clinically indicative of varicose veins. Color Doppler ultrasonography was used to radiologically examine the varicose veins. All cases were accepted as class II criteria according to the Clinical, Etiologic, Anatomic, Pathophysiologic classification. The generic Short Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36) was used to measure …

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Risk Factors For Urinary Incontinence In Turkish Women. A Cross-Sectional Study, Tuncay M. Filiz, Cefariye Uludag, Nursan Cinar, Suleyman Gorpelioglu, Pinar Topsever Nov 2006

Risk Factors For Urinary Incontinence In Turkish Women. A Cross-Sectional Study, Tuncay M. Filiz, Cefariye Uludag, Nursan Cinar, Suleyman Gorpelioglu, Pinar Topsever

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To explore the association between conventional risk factors and urinary leakage among a random sample of adult Turkish women. METHODS: Six hundred and fifty patients (mean age 33.2 ± 10.6 years; range 17-65 years) attending 6 Primary Health Care Centers in the Eastern Marmara Region, Turkey were randomly enrolled in this study, between September 2005 and December 2005. After signing their informed consent, all patients filled in a questionnaire consisting of questions inquiring any kind of urinary leakage, related symptomatology and personal medical history. RESULTS: One hundred and six women (16.4%) with urinary incontinence (UI) were reported. The most …

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Inflammatory Responses After Laparoscopic Uterine Myomectomy Compared To Open Surgery In Current Clinical Practice, Zdenek Holub, Antonin Jabor, Lev Kliment, Ludek Sprongl Nov 2006

Inflammatory Responses After Laparoscopic Uterine Myomectomy Compared To Open Surgery In Current Clinical Practice, Zdenek Holub, Antonin Jabor, Lev Kliment, Ludek Sprongl

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine the differences in inflammatory response and clinical outcome of current clinical practice in women undergoing laparoscopic myomectomy (LM) and abdominal myomectomy (AM) for symptomatic fibroid. METHODS: A total of 36 women entered the study between October 2004 to June 2005 at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Endoscopy Training Center at the Baby Friendly Hospital in Kladno, Czech Republic, based upon an ultrasonographic assessment size of dominant fibroid (DM) before surgery. All women were allocated to one of 2 groups: group 1 (n=17), DM <6 cm and treated with LM, and group 2 (n=19) DM >/-6 cm, treated with open myomectomy. Surgical characteristics, hospital stay and …

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The Significance Of Documenting Clinical Appearance Of The Uterine Cervix In The Cervical Cytology Form, Hanan M.F. Al-Kadri, Ali H. Hajeer, Nadia S. Al-Hawashim, Hany H. Salem Nov 2006

The Significance Of Documenting Clinical Appearance Of The Uterine Cervix In The Cervical Cytology Form, Hanan M.F. Al-Kadri, Ali H. Hajeer, Nadia S. Al-Hawashim, Hany H. Salem

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether or not the Pap smear taker is reporting the clinical appearance of the cervix on the cytology request form, and if cytologist / smear taker are giving any importance to this information prior to issuing advice on subsequent follow-up. Finally, to evaluate the clinicians9 response to normal Pap smear report in the absence of the clinical comment on the cervix. METHODS: A retrospective study, for a total of 1196 random smear results performed between 1999 and 2000 at King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with its relevant charts were evaluated. The samples …

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Serum Malondialdehyde Level In Patients With Cystic Echinococcosis, Ismail S. Koltas, Guzide Yucebilgic, Ramazan Bilgin, Cem K. Parsak, Gurhan Sakman Nov 2006

Serum Malondialdehyde Level In Patients With Cystic Echinococcosis, Ismail S. Koltas, Guzide Yucebilgic, Ramazan Bilgin, Cem K. Parsak, Gurhan Sakman

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the changes of serum malondialdehyde (MDA) level for the oxidative stress hypothesis in patients with cystic echinococcosis (CE). METHODS: The study was conducted on patients with CE before the surgical treatment. Anti-Echinococcus granulosus antibodies were determined by serological method. We assayed MDA activities measured of 57 subjects and matched in 45 healthy controls. This study took place in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Cukurova, Balcali Hospital in Adana, Turkey, between March 2004 and October 2005. RESULTS: The mean ± SD of MDA levels of patients with CE was 6.70 ± 1.66 and healthy controls was 2.53 …

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Risk Factors For Nosocomial Candiduria, Selma Guler, Onur Ural, Duygu Findik, Ugur Arslan Nov 2006

Risk Factors For Nosocomial Candiduria, Selma Guler, Onur Ural, Duygu Findik, Ugur Arslan

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk factors and the Candida species that cause candiduria in hospitalized patients via a case-control study. METHODS: We evaluated the results of the urine analysis of the specimens sent to the laboratories of Central Microbiology and the Department of Clinical Bacteriology and Infectious Diseases of Selcuk University Medical School, Konya, Turkey between January and December 2004. The urinary specimens, sent from hospitalized patients, obtained within 72 hours were evaluated. A total of 51 patients above 17 years of age, without any bacterial growth in urine specimens, with fever above 38 degrees celcius and pyuria were included …

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