Urinary microbiota of women with recurrent urinary tract infection: collection and culture methods.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and hypothesis

Many clinicians utilize standard culture of voided urine to guide treatment for women with recurrent urinary tract infections (RUTI). However, despite antibiotic treatment, symptoms may persist and events frequently recur. The cyclic nature and ineffective treatment of RUTI suggest that underlying uropathogens pass undetected because of the preferential growth of Escherichia coli. Expanded quantitative urine culture (EQUC) detects more clinically relevant microbes. The objective of this study was to assess how urine collection and culture methods influence microbial detection in RUTI patients.

Methods

This cross-sectional study enrolled symptomatic adult women with an established RUTI diagnosis. Participants contributed both midstream voided and c

SUBMITTER: Hochstedler BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8514570 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature