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Created page with "<section begin="urology" />A '''urinary tract infection''' (UTI) generally refers to any infection at any location of the urinary tract and is almost always bacterial. We distinguish upper UTI and lower UTI depending on the location of the infection. Lower UTI is much more common and includes '''cystitis''' (most common) and possibly prostatitis. Cystitis is often technically accompanied by urethritis but we generally just call lower UTI "cystitis". Urethritis in i..."
(Created page with "<section begin="urology" />A '''urinary tract infection''' (UTI) generally refers to any infection at any location of the urinary tract and is almost always bacterial. We distinguish upper UTI and lower UTI depending on the location of the infection. Lower UTI is much more common and includes '''cystitis''' (most common) and possibly prostatitis. Cystitis is often technically accompanied by urethritis but we generally just call lower UTI "cystitis". Urethritis in i...")
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