[Vaccinations in recurrent urinary tract infections--an observation study relating to health economy].

Background And Purpose: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections in women. Despite the need for therapy alter-natives only the conventional treatment using antibiotics is investigated in the literature. A vaccination, however, can be a useful medical and economic alternative for the treatment of recurrent urinary tract infections.

[Diagnosis of the "aging male"--what is recommended?].

Aging is a complex process. In males after the 40th year of life the total serum testosterone (T) levels are decreased, especially the serum levels of so-called bioavailable testosterone (BT), whereas the serum levels of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) are increased. This androgen deficiency in males does not always cause symptoms.

Genetic analysis of Tp53 from urine sediment as a tool for diagnosing recurrence and residual of bladder carcinoma.

Objectives: Longitudinal study of Tp53 mutation in urine sediments of 26 patients with mutated primary transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the urinary bladder at different time periods after transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB), i.e. before and after the first TURB, prior to the control resection and before treatment of a recurrence.

[Ectotoxin-forming pyogenic Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) as a cause of toxic shock syndrome (TSS) in man].

Basing considerations on an extremely carefully examined case of toxic shock syndrome (TSS), an analysis of this phenomenon is presented from the clinical and forensic points of view. TSS is often associated with the term "tampon disease" but in the meantime it has turned out that it may also arise as a non-menstrual disorder, caused by local infections, for example after surgical interventions. The inevitable symptoms include: fever, exanthema, desquamation on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet as well as hypotension.