Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a bacteria that commonly causes UTIs. When an infection occurs, doctors prescribe antibiotics to help treat it. E. coli is a type of bacteria that lives in the gut ...

New research examines how the bacteria Escherichia coli, or E. coli -- responsible for most UTIs -- is able to use host nutrients to reproduce at an extraordinarily rapid pace during infection despite ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD E. coli bacteria from your skin or rectum are common causes of UTIs.UTIs often require antibiotics to treat and prevent serious complications like kidney ...

Urinary tract infections are both very common and potentially very dangerous. More than half of all Australian women will suffer from a UTI in their lifetime, and nearly one in three women will have ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pivmecillinam was approved for uncomplicated urinary tract infections for women. Pivmecillinam led to higher ...

Regular use of antibiotics can have negative long-term effects on people prone to frequent urinary tract infections, researchers said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A “close cousin” of the dangerous strain ...

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A recent study out of Southern California found that meat contaminated with E. coli bacteria could be a driver of nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections (UTIs) a potential risk that may predominantly ...

In a new study, published today in Nature Communications, a multi-center team led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oslo, Imperial College London and UCL, has mapped for the first ...

Through a quirk of anatomy, women are especially prone to urinary tract infections, with almost half dealing with one at some point in their lives. Scientists have been trying to figure out for ...