Risk factors for nursing- and healthcare-associated urinary tract infection.

Aim: In concordance with population aging, the number of patients living in long-term care facilities or who require nursing care has been increasing in Japan. However, little is known about the characteristics of urinary tract infection in these patients. The present study aimed to clarify the background or risk factors for multidrug-resistant urinary tract infection in this patient population.

Risk factors for detection failures of chest radiography in diagnosing pneumonia.

Background: Little is known about clinical factors associated with undetectable pneumonic shadows on chest radiographs (CRs) for diagnosing pneumonia in the primary care setting.

Methods: A retrospective assessment of CRs was conducted to compare chest computed tomography (CT) images of patients admitted to Kesennuma City Motoyoshi Municipal Hospital who were diagnosed with pneumonia from April 2014 to June 2016.

Results: Eighty-three patients were included, and their average age was 83.

[Adenocarcinoma arising in an ileum segment of Scheele's ring 50 years after cystoplasty].

A 70 year-old woman visited our hospital complaining of macrohematuria. She had undergone augmentation ileocystoplasty for tuberculous bladder atrophy 50 years previously. CT and cystoscopy showed tumor at the ileovesical anastomosis.

Peri-operative morbidity and mortality related to radical cystectomy: a multi-institutional retrospective study in Japan.

Unlabelled: What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Radical cystectomy remains associated with comparatively high perioperative morbidity and mortality, despite improvements in surgical techniques and perioperative care. At present, most studies on the complications associated with open radical cystectomy were derived from Western academic high-volume centres, and data from Japan and other Asian countries were very limited. Using the modified Clavien grading system and 11 category grouping reported from MSKCC, we observed that 68% of patients experienced at least one complication within 90 days of surgery, and 17% of patients experienced major complications (90-day mortality rate = 2%), which were compatible with reports from Western high-volume centres.

[Case of brain infarction during cisplatin-based combined chemotherapy with bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin for testicular cancer].

A 31-year-oldman presented with a 6-month history of right testicular enlargement. The patient underwent a right inguinal orchiectomy. Histopathological examination showed nonseminomatous germ cell tumor (choriocarcinoma>seminoma) which was confined to the tunica albuginea.

[Transrectal biopsy of the prostate for the detection of non-palpable prostate cancer: a comparison of 6 versus 12 core biopsy].

Purpose: Several studies suggest that extended transrectal prostate biopsy more than 6 core may improve the cancer detection rate. We compared 6 and 12 core biopsies to determine the impact on cancer detection and complication rate.

Patients And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 150 patients who underwent transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy between January 1999 and December 2003.

[Serous papillary adenocarcinoma of the tunica vaginalis of the testis: a case report].

A 20-year-old man was referred to our hospital for investigation of left scrotal swelling. CT scan showed intrascrotal fluid collection and calcification. Surgical exploration was performed, and histopathological diagnosis was serous papillary adenocarcinoma of the tunica vaginalis.