Background The prognostic significance of germline variants in homologous recombination
repair genes in advanced prostate cancer (PCa), especially with regard to hormonal therapy, …

PURPOSE: Many virulence factors (VFs) have been reported in uropathogenic Escherichia
coli. Recently we found a putative uropathogenic island including a gene encoding …

PURPOSE: Verotoxins (VTs) are subunit toxins produced by enteropathogenic Escherichia
coli. The VT receptor glycolipid Gb3, which mediates the cytotoxicity of VTs, has been …

Purpose: Although cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing is expected to drive cancer precision
medicine, little is known about the significance of detecting low-frequency variants in circulating …

To investigate antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of various bacterial pathogens isolated
from complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) cases, the Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, …

To assess the urovirulence characteristics of Escherichia coli strains causing acute prostatitis,
urinary isolates from men with acute prostatitis (n = 107) and from women with acute …

Purpose: It has been suggested that the immune system of the host may be capable of
modulating the clinical course of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients. In fact, the amount of Th2 …

Background : Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has replaced most surgical and
endourologic forms of therapy for upper urinary tract stone disease. Despite its proved safety …

We prospectively investigated the rates of incidence of surgical site infection (SSI), urinary
tract infection (UTI), and remote infection (RI) in 4,677 patients who underwent urological …

Background: The aim of the present study was to assess the usability and efficacy of our new
protocol of prophylactic antibiotic use to prevent perioperative infection in urological surgery…