Effectiveness and health cost analysis between immunoprophylaxis with MV140 autovaccine, MV140 vaccine and continuous treatment with antibiotics to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections.

INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to compare the results on prevention of uncomplicated recurrent UTI between continuous use of antibiotics, MV140 autovaccine and MV140 polybacterial vaccine from collection strain. METHODS: 377 patients were prospectively analyzed from January 2017 to August 2019 and divided into 3 groups according to the prophylaxis. Group A (126): antibiotics, Group B (126): MV140 autovaccine, Group C (125): MV140 polybacterial vaccine from the collection strain. Variables analyzed were: gender, age, menopause, number of UTI at baseline and 3 and 6 months after the end of prophylaxis, health cost along follow-up at 3 and 6 months. RESULTS: At 3 months, group A had 0-1 UTI in 65%, group B had 0-1 UTI in 80.8% and group C in 81.7%. At 6 months, group A had 0-1 UTI in 44.4%, group B had 0-1 UTI in 61.6% and group C in 74.6%. Regarding health cost along follow-up, at 3 months group A had euro21,171.87, group B had euro20,763.73 and group C euro18,866.14. At 6 months, health cost was euro32,980.35 in group A, euro28,133.42 in group B, and euro23,629.19 in group C. CONCLUSIONS: MV140 autovaccine and MV140 polybacterial vaccine were more efficient with lower number of UTI at 3 and 6 months and lower health cost along follow-up compared to continued prophylaxis with antibiotics (p < 0.05). Polybacterial MV140 vaccine from collection strain had higher effect to reduce the number of UTI and less health cost than autovaccine.

[Selective embolization of post-traumatic renal pseudoaneurysm in monorenal patient]. / Embolización selectiva de pseudoaneurisma renal post-traumático en paciente monorreno.

Presentation of one case of a patient who presented two non-penetrating abdominal traumatism along a year period. In the first incident it was necessary to practice a left nefrectomy and in the second one the therapeutic opcion was a superselective embolization of a pseudoameurism communicated with urinary tract.

[Bladder leiomyoma]. / Leiomioma vesical.

A new case of leiomyoma of the bladder is presented in a patient with unspecific symptoms and the preoperatives patterns don't give to a certainty diagnosis. The conclusive diagnosis was obtained with pathoanatomical study of the quirurgic piece.

[High incidence of chromosome 8 monosomy and chromosome 7 trisomy in prostatic primary tumor and its related lymphatic metastasis. Preliminary results]. / Alta incidencia de la monosomia del cromosoma 8 y la trisomia del cromosoma 7 en el tumor primario prostático y su metástasis ganglionar asociada. Resultados preliminares.

INTRODUCTION: The research on tumoral aggressivity parameters in prostate cancer, such DNA ploidy detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization, has significant relevance to refine prognostic on an individualized patient. OBJECTIVES: To identify chromosome numeric alterations by FISH in primary prostate cancer focus and its corresponding lymph node metastases. b) To describe a cytogenetic tumoral progression pathway. METHODS: So far, we have retrospectively studies eight patients with prostate cancer and lymph node metastases performing FISH analysis on the primary prostate cancer focus and its metastatic lymph node. DNA probes for chromosomes 7, 8, 10 and 12 have been used for FISH analysis. RESULTS: a) Seven out of eight tumours (85%) were aneuploid when studied by FISH and the most frequent chromosome alterations found were monosomy 8 (100%) and trisomy 7 (85.7%). All the lymph nodes were aneuploid being monosomy 8 (87.5%) and trisomy 7 (62.5%) the most common chromosome alterations. b) Monosomy 8 and trisomy 7 appeared to be in the same cytogenetic tumoral progression pathway. CONCLUSION: Although we report about a preliminary study, monosomy of chromosome 8 and trisomy 7 are related with poor evolution, probably because of the loss of a suppressor gene or a proto-oncogen overexpression. The presence of any of them in a prostate cancer focus is related with poor prognosis.