A 35-year-old healthy premenopausal woman presented with a 24-hour history of worsening dysuria and urinary frequency. She had no associated flank pain or costovertebral angle tenderness to suggest ...

Foodborne zoonotic E. coli strains have been related to urinary tract infections, with studies estimating that it causes 480,000 to 640,000 urinary tract infections in the United States each year ...

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection that is most frequently caused by microscopic E. coli bacteria (Escherichia coli). It develops in the gastrointestinal tract and spreads to ...

Image Credit: Totalart/Shutterstock.com Gut and urinary bacteria Most UTIs are due to the organism called Escherichia coli (E. coli), which can cause urinary and intestinal disease.

Researchers at George Washington University found that more than half a million urinary tract infections could be linked to strains known as FZECs (food-borne zoonotic E.coli).

Through a quirk of anatomy, women are especially prone to urinary tract infections, with almost half dealing with one at some point in their lives. Scientists have been trying to figure out for ...

The E. coli also showed similar sensitivity to the panel of anti-microbial drugs. These findings reveal that the disease-causing pathogen was resident in both the urinary bladder and the vagina.

Raw meat contaminated with E. coli could be the culprit behind nearly half a million bacterial urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the U.S. each year, a new study found.