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The healthy urinary tract is usually able to resist bacterial infection. However, urinary tract infections may occur in all age groups. The frequency is greater in women than in men, who are predominantly affected as children and in old age. A certain proportion of those with a first urinary tract infection will have recurrent infections. The mechanisms of host resistance, or rather the defects that might explain the increased susceptibility of certain persons to urinary tract infection, have been sought by analysis of the infection-prone groups. Conditions that impair urinary flow are known to predispose patients to infection. These include . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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