The female urinary microbiota, urinary health and common urinary disorders

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Brubaker, Linda ^a   Wolfe, Alan J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB); Urinary incontinence (UI); Urinary microbiome; Urinary microbiota; Urinary tract infection (UTI)

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSBIOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINARY MICROBIOTA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 85010685677     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.11.62     Document Type: Review

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