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Recurrent UTIs in non pregnant women

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Over 90% of recurrences are episodes of exogenous reinfection and not due to a persistent focus of infection.

Factors that are sometimes associated with recurrent infections:

  • anatomical or functional abnormality of the urinary tract
  • use of diaphragms and spermicides - may induce vaginal colonization by E.coli
  • genetic susceptibility - patients do not secrete blood-group antigens.

Recurrent UTI in adults is defined as repeated UTI with a frequency of 2 or more UTIs in the last 6 months or 3 or more UTIs in the last 12 months (1).

Reference:

  1. NICE (December 2024). Urinary tract infection (recurrent): antimicrobial prescribing

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