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Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infection diagnosed in women. The standard therapy is represented by short course of anti-microbial treatment to eradicate causative pathogens. However, due to antibiotic treatment, normal microbiota of the gastrointestinal tract is at risk of depletion and prolonged use of antibiotics can lead to the development of resistant strains. The aim of this pilot study was to assess the efficacy of Acidif plus®, a novel preparation containing L-Methionine, Boswellia serrata and Hibiscus sabdariffa, in the treatment of UTIs in women, in comparison with standard antibiotic treatment with fosfomycin., Methods: We performed a pilot clinical study with 88 patients with uncomplicated UTIs treated in ambulatory care clinics. The subjects recruited in the study were divided into two groups: the treatment group included 57 patients with both symptomatic and asymptomatic uncomplicated, bacteriuria-positive UTIs, who were treated by oral administration of Acidif plus® two tablets per day (1 tablet in the morning and 1 tablet in the evening) for 7 days. The control group included 31 patients with both symptomatic and asymptomatic bacteriuria-positive uncomplicated UTIs, treated with fosfomycin for two consecutive days. Clinical improvement of symptoms and urine bacteriuria were evaluated as treatment outcomes., Results: More than 50% of Acidif plus® treated patients were free of symptoms of UTIs at the end of the treatment regime. In addition, Acidif plus® treatment was effective in eliminating the bacterial infection in the post-treatment urine cultures in more than 85% of the patients., Conclusions: In this study Acidif plus® treatment in patients with uncomplicated UTIs was found to be non-inferior to the standard antibiotic therapy. In acute setting, Acidif plus® was shown to be even more effective in alleviating the symptoms than fosfomycin and in eliminating bacteria in urine cultures. It is therefore possible to propose Acidif plus® as a potential alternative option to reduce the problem of multi-drug resistance in urinary infections.

Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate if VEGF levels reflect the severity of endometrial cancer and the clinic relationship between microvasal density (MVD) and concentration of VEGF in tumor., Methods: The study was conducted on 22 patients affected by endometrial cancer who were submitted to total abdominal radical hysterectomy plus bilateral salpingo-ophorectomy. VEGF (pg/mL) and MVD values were measured on histologic specimens of endometrial cancer obtained during the surgical treatment. The means and standard deviations of estimated values were calculated and a statistical comparison was effected by student t test for not coupled data. Pearson correlation test was used to analyze the eventual correlation among VEGF and MVD values in overall patients., Results: We have documented that VEGF expression and MVD change according to FIGO stage, lympho-vascular infiltration and lymph node involvement. Pearson correlation test shows a good linear positive correlation in overall patients between VEGF and MVD values., Conclusions: Results obtained show a possible use of VEGF as prognostic factor in endometrial cancer. Confirmation of these data may permit both to identify high-risk patients, who must be treated with a more aggressive treatment, and to use an angiogenic therapy in endometrial cancer.

Objective: The purpose of our studies has been that to individualize the in partnership factors of risk to infection Herpes Simplex Virus-Type 2 in pregnant women and to appraise the role of the job in such context., Methods: A champion of 79 pregnant women with infection from HSV-2 has responded to a questionnaire regarding the appearance of the infection, her own job and the degree of stress, if they used services hygienic public., Results: In this champion of pregnant women 63% they are workers. Of these the 85% they introduced signs of a reinfection. For the housewives in 67% there was a reinfection. 84% of the housewives it uses services hygienic privacies. The infection from HSV has appeared in 28.5% of the been born by women with first infection from HSV genitalis, and in 12.5% of the been born by women with reinfection from HSV., Conclusions: The women that work are mostly to risk of reinfection, they have more evident troubles. This is consequence of a style of life that contemplates a state of superior stress and a great tiredness from the same and of the appearance of vulvo-vaginal infections sustained by microorganisms transmitted through the hygienic services.

Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of cytoriductive surgical in females with ovarian carcinoma in advanced stadium, and to define the role of this surgical for the survival of females with hepatic metastases., Methods: This is a retrospective study. 164 females with ovarian cancer in IV stadium was examined. 64 females had hepatic metastasis. All patients had cytoriductive surgical., Results: The survival in the patients without hepatic metastasis was 38 months if the cytoreduction was very good; it was 18.3 months if there is residual disease. The survival in the patients with hepatic metastasis was 50.1 months if the cytoreduction was very good; it was 27 months if there is residual disease., Conclusions: A very good surgical is very important for the survival of patients with ovarian cancer in advanced stadium. This is true also in the patients with hepatic metastases.

The aspecific and exiguous symptoms and the lacking information are among the reasons of the diffusion of the vulvo-vaginal papillomatosis. We carried out the present study between 1995 and 1999 in the outpatient clinic of cervico-vaginal pathology of the Second University of Naples. 680 patients (aged between 18 and 56 years) underwent vulvoscopic and colposcopic examination. The did not show any relevant symptoms specific for HPV infection. Among the viral strains, HPV-16 and HPV 18 are able to induce a cervical cancer. To eliminate the pathology the primary prevention is necessary: it consist of both an adequate information about the micro-condilomatosis, the role of the activator agent, the modality of the infection, and the annual screening examinations such as pap-test and colposcopy. As first line treatment during secondary prevention, we utilize Roferon A, and perform diathermocoagulation according with the local diffusion and the degree of the disease (mild, moderate, severe). At the end of the therapy with Roferon A we observed that the infective focus was eliminated in about 60% of the cases and, only for moderate and severe micro-condilomatosis a diathermocoagulation was necessary.

Background: The aim of this study is to define the role of the intestinal removal for the therapy of ovarian cancer in advanced stadium., Methods: We have examined 247 females with epithelial ovarian cancer in advanced stadium, that had intestinal removal., Results: The survival in the females that had a very good intestinal removal is greatest than in the females that hadn't a very good intestinal removal.