Urinary Tract Infections

"Urinary Tract Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Inflammatory responses of the epithelium of the URINARY TRACT to microbial invasions. They are often bacterial infections with associated BACTERIURIA and PYURIA.

Descriptor ID	D014552
MeSH Number(s)	C01.539.895 C12.777.892 C13.351.968.892
Concept/Terms	Urinary Tract Infections Urinary Tract Infections Infection, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Tract Infection, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Urinary Tract Infection

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Urinary Tract Infections".

Diseases [C]
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01]
Infection [C01.539]
Urinary Tract Infections [C01.539.895]
Male Urogenital Diseases [C12]
Urologic Diseases [C12.777]
Urinary Tract Infections [C12.777.892]
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications [C13]
Female Urogenital Diseases [C13.351]
Urologic Diseases [C13.351.968]
Urinary Tract Infections [C13.351.968.892]

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Bar chart showing 68 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2011 and 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	3	0	3
2007	2	1	3
2009	1	1	2
2011	6	0	6
2013	1	4	5
2014	2	3	5
2015	5	1	6
2016	2	3	5
2017	2	2	4
2018	0	1	1
2019	3	1	4
2020	3	0	3
2021	5	0	5
2022	3	0	3
2023	2	0	2
2024	2	2	4
2025	2	0	2
2026	2	0	2

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Fleck RC, Gorodyna O, Zhou H, Bryant H, Gadjeva M, Shea AE. Emerging pathogens in urinary tract infections: virulence and phenotypic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. mSphere. 2026 Jun 30; 11(6):e0015126.

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Ward RD, Allen BC, Turkbey B, Ariyibi O, Cameron AP, Costa DN, Gerena M, Harmath C, Lalani T, Lew SQ, Whitworth P, Khatri G. ACR Appropriateness Criteria? Recurrent Lower Urinary Tract Infections in Females: Update 2026. J Am Coll Radiol. 2026 Aug; 23(8):1753-1767.

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Caroff DA, Dargin JM, Rieder L, Dhungana R, Kong Y, Saxena D, Stoller A, Stempek SB, Duncan RA. Implementation of a diagnostic algorithm to reduce CAUTI surveillance events. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Sep; 46(9):938-940.

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Bradley ES, Stansky C, Zeamer AL, Huang Z, Cincotta L, Lopes A, Potter L, Fontes T, Ward DV, Bucci V, McCormick BA, Haran JP. The urinary microbiome distinguishes symptomatic urinary tract infection from asymptomatic older adult patients presenting to the emergency department. Virulence. 2025 Dec; 16(1):2546063.

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Sung K, Nawaz M, Park M, Chon J, Khan SA, Alotaibi K, Khan AA. Comprehensive Genomic Analysis of Uropathogenic E. coli: Virulence Factors, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Mobile Genetic Elements. Pathogens. 2024 Sep 13; 13(9).

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Carpenter K, Hinkle J, Snow K, Kalluri NS, Perkins R, Nakamura MM. Emergency Department Antibiotic Prescribing for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections, 2011-2020. Pediatrics. 2024 Jul 01; 154(1).

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Pramod N, Henry F, Ramanujan S, Jevnikar W, Bena J, Schwartz R, Jeffery J, Sorkhi S, Sauer R, McNall S, Freeman S, Wymer K, Mandeville J, Civellaro S, Humphreys M, Bhojani N, De S. High-Risk Patients Undergoing Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate Have Fewer Infections with a Longer Course of Preoperative Antibiotics. J Endourol. 2024 Jun; 38(6):598-604.

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Sine K, Lavoie T, Caffrey AR, Lopes VV, Dosa D, LaPlante KL, Appaneal HJ. Exploring variations in recommended first-choice therapy for complicated urinary tract infections in males: Insights from outpatient settings across age, race, and ethnicity. Pharmacotherapy. 2024 04; 44(4):308-318.

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Shapiro K, Anger J, Cameron AP, Chung D, Daignault-Newton S, Ippolito GM, Lee U, Mourtzinos A, Padmanabhan P, Smith AL, Suskind AM, Tenggardjaja C, Van Til M, Brucker BM. Antibiotic use, best practice statement adherence, and UTI rate for intradetrusor onabotulinumtoxin-A injection for overactive bladder: A multi-institutional collaboration from the SUFU Research Network (SURN). Neurourol Urodyn. 2024 Feb; 43(2):407-414.

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Ahmed R, Mhina C, Philip K, Patel SD, Aneni E, Osondu C, Lamikanra O, Akano EO, Anikpezie N, Albright KC, Latorre JG, Chaturvedi S, Otite FO. Age- and Sex-Specific Trends in Medical Complications After Acute Ischemic Stroke in the United States. Neurology. 2023 03 21; 100(12):e1282-e1295.

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