The critical nature of the microbiology laboratory in infectious disease diagnosis calls for a
close, positive working relationship between the physician/advanced practice provider and …

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is among the most common infections in clinical practice. In
some cases, if left untreated, it can lead to pyelonephritis and urosepsis. In other cases, UTI …

Diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs) remains stagnant. The presumption
that a patient either has a UTI or does not (binary choice) is inappropriately simplistic …

Accessibility to next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies has enabled the profiling of
microbial communities living in distinct habitats. 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene …

This article aims to bring clinicians' awareness to the widespread impact of urinary tract
infection (UTI) on the lives of women and to the advances that offer hope for future …

This study compared rates of empirical-therapy use and negative patient outcomes between
complicated and recurrent urinary tract infection (r/cUTI) cases diagnosed with a multiplex …

“Expanded quantitative urine culture (EQUC)” is an enhanced culture protocol for the
detection of viable microbes in urine specimens. Using a large volume of urine and different …

The human urinary bladder hosts a complex microbial community of low biomass referred to
as the urobiome. While the composition of the urobiome has been investigated in adults for …

We evaluated whether multiplex polymerase chain reaction (M-PCR) detects viable micro-
organisms by comparing micro-organism identification with standard urine culture (SUC) …

Discussion Herein we will discuss the general testing approaches to detection of microbiota.
Then, we organize our discussion based on how clinical microbiome testing may guide the …