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U Ikinger

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PubMed1991

[Intravesical prevention of recurrence of superficial urinary bladder cancer with BCG and KLH. A prospective randomized study].

In a prospective randomized trial intravesical prophylaxis for recurrence of superficial bladder cancer with BCG versus KLH was performed in 42 patients, 38 of whom were then evaluable. After a mean observation period of 20 +/- 7 months (8-32 months) 41.2% (7/17) of the patients in the KLH and 14.3% (3/21) of the patients in the BCG group developed recurrent bladder tumours. The recurrence rate according to EORTC was 1.95 in the KLH group versus 0.76 in the BCG group. Among the BCG treated patients, 60% (15/25) had cystitis and 28% (7/25) fever, whereas only 1 of 19 (5.3%) patients treated with KLH had cystitis. BCG is a highly effective prophylactic against recurrence of superficial bladder cancer. Intravesical instillation therapy with KLH has only a slight prophylactic effect if treatment is started 6 weeks postoperatively.

Adjuvants, Immunologic↗
PubMed1979

[Sonographic examination of scrotum and testes with a new scanning technique (author's transl)].

The subject of this report is an improved technique for sonographic examination of the scrotum and the testes. The method is simple; by using a waterbath, a mechanical compression of the testes is avoided. In all sections the scrotum may be continually observed and a good picture reproduction is possible. The report concerns the results of a prospective examination of 37 patients. The diagnoses of their condition could be confirmed by surgery or by follow-up examinations.

Dysgerminoma↗
PubMed1977

Antibody-coated bacteria in the ejaculate: a possible test for prostatitis.

An immunofluorescence technique was used to study antibody coating of bacteria in ejaculates from 14 healthy individuals and 51 patients with complaints compatible with the diagnosis of prostatitis. Quantitative bacteriological cultures in the ejaculate were positive in 2 healthy individuals (14%) and in 25 patients with prostatic symptoms (49%). Antibody-coated bacteria could be demonstrated in 25 patients with prostatic symptoms (49%), 8 of whom had negative bacterial cultures, but in none of the healthy individuals. All 5 patients with epididymitis had antibody-caoted bacteria in the ejaculate. The 13 patients with antibody-coated bacteria in the ejaculate were given antibiotic treatment and the bacteria disappeared in 8 cases. The results document the presence of a (presumably local) immune response in bacterial prostatitis. Antibody coating of bacteria in the ejaculate seems to be helpful in the diagnosis of bacterial prostatitis.

Antibodies↗