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K. H. Ludwig
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UROEPITHELIAL DEFENSE IN CHILDREN WITH URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (UTI)
1985
It is well accepted that obstructive uropathy causes UTI.In patients without urological anomalies a host defense defect of the uroepithelial cells (UEC) may result in increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.Even in patients with vesicourethral reflux (VUR) and recurrent UTI the postulated defense mechanism may be impaired since a significant proportion of these patients still suffer from UTI after surgical therapy.Therefore the influence of UEC on bacterial growth was investigated in 5 groups of children: healthy donors,children with neurogenic bladder due to myelomeningocele (MMC),patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU;without obstructive uropathy) and patients with VUR after…
Klinischer Verlauf und Narbenentwicklung beim operierten vesico-renalen Reflux in einer Langzeitbeobachtung
1985
62 patients (14 boys, 48 girls) representing 85 refluxive renal units (Grade 2-4) were investigated after successful operation for the development of further urinary tract infections (UTI) and renal scars (RS). The mean follow-up was 9.3 years. With the exception of one boy, none of the male patients developed any UTI or new RS. A similar result was obtained for about 45% of the girls. These two groups of patients presented with high-grade reflux before surgery. The remaining female patients (about 55%), however, presenting with lower-grade reflux before surgical treatment, developed further UTI as well as new RS despite surgical correction of their reflux. Investigations on the capacity of…