Urinary Tract Infection The Result of the Strength of the Pathogen, or the Weakness of the Host

• Other Authors: Jarzembowski, Tomas (Editor), Daca, Agnieszka (Editor), Alicja Dębska-Ślizień, Maria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2018
• Subjects: Urology & urogenital medicine; pregnancy, antimicrobial resistance, genomics, immunosuppression, enterobacteriaceae, virulence factors
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a problem so common and so significant in routine clinical practice that accurate diagnostics are especially important. In particular, complicated UTI is associated with an increased rate of therapy failures, as a result of possible biofilm formation on foreign eleme...