Urine trouble: should we think differently about UTI?
Int Urogynecol J
; 29(2): 205-210, 2018 02.
Article
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| ID: mdl-29279968
ABSTRACT
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is clinically important, given that it is one of the most common bacterial infections in adult women. However, the current understanding of UTI remains based on a now disproven concept that the urinary bladder is sterile. Thus, current standards for UTI diagnosis have significant limitations that may reduce the opportunity to improve patient care. Using data from our work and numerous other peer-reviewed studies, we identified four major limitations to the contemporary UTI description the language of UTI, UTI diagnostic testing, the Escherichia coli-centric view of UTI, and the colony-forming units (CFU) threshold-based diagnosis. Contemporary methods and technology, combined with continued rigorous clinical research can be used to correct these limitations.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_neglected_diseases
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3_zoonosis
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Urinarias
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Recuento de Colonia Microbiana
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int Urogynecol J
Asunto de la revista:
GINECOLOGIA
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UROLOGIA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos