Urinary incontinence (UI) is a burdensome condition with high prevalence in middle-aged to
older women and an unclear etiology. Advances in our understanding of host-microbe …

Objectives: Traditionally, the urinary tract has been thought to be sterile in the absence of a
clinically identifiable infection. However, recent evidence suggests that the urinary tract …

Bacterial DNA and live bacteria have been detected in human urine in the absence of
clinical infection, challenging the prevailing dogma that urine is normally sterile. Urgency …

The discovery and confirmation of the female urinary microbiota in 2012 provided
opportunities to improve insight into lower urinary tract disorders in women, including UTI …

Introduction and hypothesis Recent studies applying molecular techniques have
demonstrated the presence of a urinary microbiota not detected by standard microbiological …

Introduction & hypothesis Previous studies have suggested that women with urinary
incontinence have an altered urinary microbiome. We hypothesized that the microbiome in …

Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial infections and can cause major
burdens, not only to individuals but also to an entire society. Current knowledge of the …

Abstract Purpose of Review The article discusses (1) techniques used to study bacterial
urinary microbiota;(2) existence of non-bacterial urinary microbiota;(3) associations between …

The current paradigm of urinary tract infection (UTI) pathogenesis takes into account the
contamination of the periurethral space by specific uropathogens residing in the gut, which …

The discovery of the urinary microbiome (urobiome) has created opportunities for urinary
health researchers who study a wide variety of human health conditions. This manuscript …