期刊
INTERNATIONAL UROGYNECOLOGY JOURNAL
卷 29, 期 2, 页码 205-210出版社
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-017-3528-8
关键词
Diagnostics; Escherichia coli; Microbiome; Pathogens; Urinalysis; Urinary tract infection
资金
- NIH grants [2 U10 HD41250, U01 DK58229, R21 DK097435, R56 DK104718, P20 DK108268, R01 DK104718]
- Falk Foundation
- Loyola University Chicago [RFC LU206998]
- Astellas Scientific and Medical Affairs Inc. [VESI-12D01, MYRB-15A01]
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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