Prevalence and Distribution of Bacterial Pathogens Causing Urinary Tract Infections in Humans: A Study from Tertiary Care Hospital in AP, India

A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is an infection of the urinary tract. The infection can occur at different points in the urinary tract. An infection in the bladder is also called cystitis or a bladder infection. An infection of one or both kidneys is called pyelonephritis or a kidney infection. The tubes that take urine from each kidney to the bladder are only rarely the site of infection. An infection of the tube that empties urine from the bladder to the outside is called urethritis. Urinary tract infections are the most common infections in clinical practice (Noor et al., 2004) Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most important causes of morbidity in the general population, and is the second most common cause of hospital visits (Ronald and Pattulo, 1991)