UTI

• What are the causative agents for UTIs?

  E. coli, P. mirabilis, S. Saprophyticus
• What are the other causative agents for UTIs?

  Fungi, protists, Viruses
• VIrus (Adenovirus)
• Fungi (Yeast)
• Entry may come from ascending the urethra (E. coli)
• Infection can come from a urethracatheter
• UTI infections can come from blood
• Blood infections from UTIs are usually gram positive bacteremia infections
• From the lymph, pressure on the bladder will cause lymph to spill into the blood vessels
• Adhesins attach to urogenital epithelial cells
• Virulence factors: toxins, phagocytosis resistance, urease,
• Immune response: infla,,ation
• UTIs can cause a slow flow of urine