Urinary tract infections

Introduction: Urinary tract infections

Urinary tract infections: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by bacteria in the urinary tract. Women get UTIs more often than men. UTIs are treated with ... more about Urinary tract infections.

Urinary tract infections: Infection of the urinary system; usually bacterial. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Urinary tract infections is available below.

Symptoms of Urinary tract infections

• Urinary frequency
• Urinary urgency
• Urinary pain
• Urinary burning
• Bladder pain

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Urinary tract infections:

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Medical Textbooks Online about Urinary tract infections

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Diagnostic Tests for Urinary tract infections

• Urine tests
• Urinalysis
• Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
• Cystoscopy

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Urinary tract infections?

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• Failure to diagnose Urinary tract infections
• Underlying causes of Urinary tract infections (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Failure to diagnose Urinary tract infections

Misdiagnosis and Urinary tract infections

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Causes of Urinary tract infections

• Escherichia coli infection
• Chlamydia
• Mycoplasma
• Urinary stone
• Kidney stone

See full list of 12 causes of Urinary tract infections

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Treatments for Urinary tract infections

• Antibacterial drugs
  • Trimethoprim (Trimpex)
  • Trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim, Septra, Cotrim)
  • Amoxicillin (Amoxil, Trimox, Wymox)
  • Nitrofurantoin (Macrodantin, Furadantin)

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Prognosis for Urinary tract infections

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Clinical Trials for Urinary tract infections

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Urinary tract infections include:

• A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Oral Levofloxacin Compared With Oral Ciprofloxacin in the Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Levofloxacin
• A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Levofloxacin Compared With Lomefloxacin in the Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Levofloxacin
• A Comparison of the Effectiveness and Safety of Levofloxacin to That of Ciprofloxacin in Treating Complicated Urinary Tract Infection and Acute Pyelonephritis. - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - levofloxacin
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Children With a Previous Urinary Tract Infection - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - antibiotic to reduce the recurrence of infection
• Effect of Adjuvant Treatment With Compound Cranberry Extract Tablets in Acute Bacterial Cystitis. - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - compound cranberry extract tablet

See full list of 48 Clinical Trials for Urinary tract infections

Prevention of Urinary tract infections

Prevention information for Urinary tract infections has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Urinary tract infections.

• Preventive antibiotics
• Water
• Cranberry juice
• Vitamin C supplements
• Avoid resisting the urge to urinate

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Statistics for Urinary tract infections

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Types of Urinary tract infections

• Acute urinary tract infections
• Chronic urinary tract infections
• Types of UTI by location of infection:
  • Nephritis
  • Pyelonephritis

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Article Excerpts about Urinary tract infections

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by bacteria in the urinary tract. Women get UTIs more often than men. UTIs are treated with antibiotics. Drinking lots of fluids also helps by flushing out the bacteria. (Source: excerpt from Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK)

Definitions of Urinary tract infections:

Infections affecting stuctures participating in the secretion and elimination of urine: the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract - (Source - WordNet 2.1)