New and developing diagnostic technologies for urinary tract infections

M Davenport, KE Mach, LMD Shortliffe… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Timely and accurate identification and determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of
uropathogens is central to the management of UTIs. Urine dipsticks are fast and amenable to …

Treatment of urinary incontinence by the periurethral implantation of glutaraldehyde cross-linked collagen

LMD Shortliffe, FS Freiha, R Kessler, TA Stamey… - The Journal of …, 1989 - Elsevier
Injectable materials have been used to augment the urethral sphincter and improve urinary
continence with some success. However, none of these materials has received widespread …

Pediatric urinary tract infections

CH Chon, FC Lai, LMD Shortliffe - Pediatric Clinics, 2001 - pediatric.theclinics.com
Urinary tract infection (Un) is common and results in signhcant morbidity in infants and
children. In the past few decades, a better understanding of the pathogenesis and the natural …

Urinary tract infection at the age extremes: pediatrics and geriatrics

LMD Shortliffe, JD McCue - The American journal of medicine, 2002 - Elsevier
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common and generally benign conditions among healthy,
sexually active young women without long-term medical sequelae. In contrast, UTIs are …

Urinary tract infection in children: etiology and epidemiology

JF Ma, LMD Shortliffe - Urologic Clinics, 2004 - urologic.theclinics.com
Although the urinary tract is a common source of infection in children and infants, the implications
of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in children and infants are different from those in adults…

The characterization of nonbacterial prostatitis: search for an etiology

LMD Shortliffe, RG Sellers, J Schachter - The Journal of urology, 1992 - Elsevier
Nonbacterial prostatitis is often difficult to differentiate from other prostatic complaints and
remains a vaguely characterized syndrome. Prostatic fluid inflammatory cells and elevated …

Evaluation of sonographic renal parenchymal area in the management of hydronephrosis

…, J LOCK, WA KENNEDY, LMD SHORTLIFFE - The Journal of …, 2001 - auajournals.org
Purpose : We used quantitative parameters of renal sonography to differentiate children
with significant obstruction requiring surgical intervention from those without significant …

Testosterone changes bladder and kidney structure in juvenile male rats

LMD Shortliffe, Y Ye, B Behr, B Wang - The Journal of urology, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose Testosterone affects male development, maturation and aging but limited data
exist on testosterone effects on the juvenile genitourinary system. We hypothesized that …

Dietary fructose in pregnancy induces hyperglycemia, hypertension, and pathologic kidney and liver changes in a rodent model

LMD Shortliffe, O Hammam, X Han, E Kouba… - … An International Journal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose The incidence of pregnancies complicated by hyperglycemia and hypertension is
increasing along with associated morbidities to mother and offspring. The high fructose diet is …

Prostatitis

LMD Shortliffe - Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1985 - Elsevier
Classification of patients with prostatic complaints into one of the categories of bacterial or
nonbacterial prostatitis or prostatodynia (see Table 3) enables a physician to give rational …