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    Chapter 20. Infections of The Urinary Tract

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    This document outlines learning objectives and provides an introduction about urinary tract infections (UTIs). It discusses the common causes of UTIs, including various bacteria like Escherichia coli, and predisposing factors like gender. The document also describes different routes that bacteria can take to reach the kidneys and cause infection. It focuses on one specific bacteria, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, detailing its pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment for UTIs.

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    This document outlines learning objectives and provides an introduction about urinary tract infections (UTIs). It discusses the common causes of UTIs, including various bacteria like Escherichia coli, and predisposing factors like gender. The document also describes different routes that bacteria can take to reach the kidneys and cause infection. It focuses on one specific bacteria, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, detailing its pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment for UTIs.

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    This document outlines learning objectives and provides an introduction about urinary tract infections (UTIs). It discusses the common causes of UTIs, including various bacteria like Escherichia coli, and predisposing factors like gender. The document also describes different routes that bacteria can take to reach the kidneys and cause infection. It focuses on one specific bacteria, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, detailing its pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment for UTIs.

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    Chapter 20. Infections of The Urinary Tract

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    This document outlines learning objectives and provides an introduction about urinary tract infections (UTIs). It discusses the common causes of UTIs, including various bacteria like Escherichia coli, and predisposing factors like gender. The document also describes different routes that bacteria can take to reach the kidneys and cause infection. It focuses on one specific bacteria, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, detailing its pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment for UTIs.

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    Learning Objectives

    1. Recognize the common manifestations of urinary tract infections


    2. Differentiate an upper urinary tract infection from a lower urinary tract infection
    3. Characterize the common pathogens causing urinary tract infection
    4. Discuss the appropriate laboratory diagnosis and treatment of each infection
    5. Propose measures by which urinary tract infection can be prevented
    General Introduction

     Among the most commonly encountered infections


     Prevalence in women, and complications
     Protection from pathogenic organisms
     Causative organisms
     Two routes the bacteria reach the kidneys
    1. Through the bloodstream
    2. Ascending infection from the lower urinary tract
    UTI

     Predisposing Factors
    1. Gender
    2. Mechanical factors
    3. Metabolic disorders
    4. Anatomic abnormalities of the urinary tract
     Etiology
    1. Common etiologic agents - Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus saprophyticus,
    Enterococci, Opportunistic pathogens
    2. Less common etiologic agents – bacteria, yeast, viruses
    UTI-causing Organisms

     Escherichia coli
     Proteus mirabis
     Serratia spp.
     Enterococcus faecalis
     Staphylococcus saprophyticus
    Staphylococcus saprophyticus

     Gram-positive coccus, common cause of UTI in sexually active young women,


    common colonizer of the urinary tract
     Pathogenesis
     Clinical Manifestations
     Diagnosis
     Treatment

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