The Western diet is rich in salt, and a high salt diet (HSD) is suspected to be a risk factor for
cardiovascular diseases. It is now widely accepted that an experimental HSD can stimulate …

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common conditions in both outpatient and
inpatient settings worldwide, where it has been noted to affect 150 million people annually. 1 …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are frequent in humans, affecting the upper and lower urinary
tract. Present diagnosis relies on the positive culture of uropathogenic bacteria from urine …

The Western diet is rich in salt, which poses various health risks. A high-salt diet (HSD) can
stimulate immunity through the nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (Nfat5)–signaling …

The signaling networks regulating antimicrobial activity during urinary tract infection (UTI)
are incompletely understood. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels increase with UTI severity, but the …

Innate-immunity-related genes in humans are activated during urinary tract infections (UTIs)
caused by pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli but are suppressed by commensals …

Background The specificity of the leukocyte esterase test (87%) is suboptimal. The objective
of this study was to identify more specific screening tests that could reduce the number of …

Introduction: Over the past decades, prevalence of biofilm-forming Staphylococcus aureus
strains has significantly increased in urinary tract infections. The aim of this study was to …

D‐mannose is widely used as non‐antibiotic treatment for bacterial urinary tract infections.
This application is based on a well‐studied mechanism of binding to the type 1 bacterial pili …

Although asymptomatic bacteriuria, cystitis, and acute pyelonephritis (APN) have been
categorized as urinary tract infections (UTIs), the immunopathogenesis of each disease is …