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Definition: Urinary Tract Infection |
Urinary Tract InfectionNoun1. Any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | An illness caused by harmful bacteria growing in the urinary tract. (references) |
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In females, the urethra is much shorter and closer to the anus than in males. This is the reason women are more prone than men to UTIs. See health guidelines at Vulvovaginal health for some tips on preventing.
Symptoms of a urinary tract infection include dysuria (pain on passing urine), frequency (of passing urine) and hematuria (blood in the urine). Other helpful signs include cloudy or smelly urine. A dipstick test is often useful in the diagnosis.
While empirical treatment with antibiotics will cure most urinary tract infections, sometimes a urine culture may be necessary to identify the causative organism and its sensitivity to antibiotics.
Patients with recurrent UTIs may need further investigation.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Urinary tract infection."
Crosswords: Urinary Tract Infection |
| English words defined with "urinary tract infection": mycoplasma ♦ pyuria. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "urinary tract infection": Antibody-Coated Bacteria Test, Urinary ♦ Bacteriuria. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Enterococcus (streptococcus) faecalis is a normal inhabitant of intestinal tract, and female genital tract, and is occasionally associated with urinary tract infection, bacteremia and bacterial endocarditis. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Talk to a doctor if you suspect your child has a urinary tract infection. (references) | |
This often happens as a consequence of urinary tract infection and is more common in girls. (references) | ||
As mentioned above, struvite stones can form in people who have had a urinary tract infection. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "urinary tract infection": Urinary Tract Infection [UTI] ♦ Urinary Tract Infection in Women. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "urinary tract infection"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | urinvejsinfektion. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | urineweginfectie. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | infection urinaire. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Harnwegsinfektion, Harninfekt. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | infezione urinaria, infezione delle vie urinarie, infezione del tratto urinario. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | inaryuray acttray infectionay infección urinaria. (various references) | ||||||||||
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