INFECTIONS

INFECTIONS

UTI is very common and a ff ects all ages and both sexes. It can cause significant morbidity and is a rare cause of mortality in patients with serious comorbidities or in patients with urinary tract obstruction. Recurrent UTI is more common in women, a ff ecting 30–40% in the sexually active age group. It can be defined as an inflammatory response of the urothelium (host) - to invading bacteria. Asymptomatic colonisation or bacteriuria (ABU) is also common and can be di ff erentiated from a UTI by the absence of symptoms and pyuria (leukocytes in urine).