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Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

#Urinary #Tract #Infection #UTI #Pathophysiology #Pyelonephritis
Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract ... ) #Urinary #Tract ... Infection #UTI #Pathophysiology
Lower Urinary Tract Infections: Complications
 - Infection damages the urinary tract epithelium causing fibroblast proliferation and
Lower Urinary Tract ... damages the urinary tract ... deposition -> Urinary Tract ... lower urinary tract ... UrinaryTractInfection #LUTI #Pathophysiology
Upper Urinary Tract infection (UUTI): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Predisposing Factors:
 - Immunocompromised, Diabetes,
 - Elderly, Female
Upper Urinary Tract ... Lower Urinary Tract ... ureters from lower tract ... UrinaryTractInfection #UUTI #Pathophysiology
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) - Predisposing risk factors

Iatrogenic/Drugs, Behavioral, Anatomic/Physiologic and Genetic

#Pathophysiology #UTI #UrinaryTract #Infection #RiskFactors
Urinary Tract Infection ... and Genetic #Pathophysiology
Hypercalcemia - Hormones and Pathophysiology  
Calcitriol:
 • Bones: Enhances mineralization
 • GI Tract: ↑ Ca2+
- Hormones and Pathophysiology ... mineralization • GI Tract ... release) • GI Tract ... Hypercalcemia #Hormones #Pathophysiology
Lower Urinary Tract Infection: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

- Predisposing Factors:  Immunocompromised state, diabetes, elderly, female
Lower Urinary Tract ... Lower Urinary Tract ... bladder or distal tract ... UrinaryTractInfection #LUTI #Pathophysiology
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Genitourinary tract ... ReactiveArthritis #pathophysiology
Ascaris lumbricoides - Ascariasis Life Cycle
1) Adults in small intestine
2) Fertilized egg - Unfertilized egg (will
gastrointestinal tract ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Acute Otitis Media: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings (in Children)
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: 
 - Bacterial: Streptococcus
Upper Respiratory Tract ... #OtitisMedia #pathophysiology
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
bladder, urinary tract ... Pathophysiology: