Once a UTI develops, “the most common and effective treatment is a course of antibiotics,” says Adair. The specific ...

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 ...

A fistula is an abnormal hole in the bowel or the bladder. A recto-urethral fistula is a hole between the urethra (urinary channel) and the rectum. This hole leads to leakage of urine into the rectum ...

A four-year study identified a surprising cause of nearly 1 in 5 urinary tract infections: E. coli bacteria from contaminated ...