Urinary tract infections revisited.

Summary, in English

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) remain a significant clinical problem, despite antibiotic treatment and surgical correction of reflux and malformations. Here we propose that novel molecular tools may be applied to modernize and individualize the diagnosis and therapy of UTI. Determinants of bacterial virulence and host resistance are relatively well understood at the molecular level, and technology for their detection is within reach.

• Author: Gabriela Godaly; Catharina Svanborg
• Department/s: Division of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology - MIG
• Publishing year: 2007
• Language: English
• Pages: 721-723
• Publication/Series: Kidney International
• Volume: 71
• Issue: 8
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17429419&dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ki.5002170
• Document type: Journal article (letter)
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Topic: Urology and Nephrology
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1523-1755