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Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

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Office Gynecology

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Urinary tract infections, particularly recurrent urinary tract infections, are an important problem for any practitioner with a significant female patient population. It has been estimated that between 2% and 5% of all primary care office visits are initiated by urinary tract infection—like symptoms.1 Others have gone so far as to state that “urinary tract infections rank just behind the common cold as the most frequent infectious disease problem encountered in Western civilization. ”2 These infections often are recurrent in nature, and the associated impact on society in terms of cost and morbidity has spurred research into the pathophysiology and treatment of this problem. The insights gained from this research have resulted in a rational and scientifically based approach to recurrent urinary tract infections. This chapter will concern itself with examining this approach, with an emphasis on its practical applications.

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  1. Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) & John H. Isaacs M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) &  (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecologic, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief)

  3. Section of Gynecologic Oncology, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John V. Knaus D.O. (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief) (Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman, Chief)

  4. St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL, 60202, USA

    John H. Isaacs M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologist-in-Chief)

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Schacht, M.J. (1993). Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections. In: Knaus, J.V., Isaacs, J.H. (eds) Office Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4340-3_18

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