Conclusions
It is obvious that in the future urinary tract infections will play an important role in basic science and in practical medicine. In my opinion, the number of non-E. coli uropathogens will emerge. Especially nosocomial urinary tract infections will play a major role, because the number of eldery persons, persons receiving organ transplantation and chemotherapy and patients with other medical devices will increase. The analysis of urinary tract infections will benefit from the area of genomics and proteomics. DNA chips will be available for the analysis of uropathogens. The integrated activity of molecular biologists and physicians will be necessary to solve the future problems of urinary tract infections.
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Hacker, J. (2002). Urinary Tract Infection: From Basic Science to Clinical Application. In: Emoődy, L., Pál, T., Hacker, J., Blum-Oehler, G. (eds) Genes and Proteins Underlying Microbial Urinary Tract Virulence. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 485. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46840-9_1
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