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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maliha Shakil, M.D. [2]
Overview
Urinary tract infections are the most frequent bacterial infection in women.[1] It is estimated that more than 30% of women will experience at least one episode of cystitis. Of these 30%, 20% women will have recurrent cystitis.[2] Females are more commonly affected with cystitis than males. The female to male ratio is 4 to 1.[3] Acute uncomplicated cystitis commonly affects women ages 18-39 years.[4]
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
Urinary tract infections are the more common in women than in men.[1] It is estimated that more than 30% of women will experience at least one episode of cystitis. Of these 30%, 20% of these women will have recurrent cystitis.[2] One reason for the higher prevalence of Cystitis in women is the shorter and straighter urethra that makes it easy for the infection to arched from the urethra into the urinary bladder.
Gender
Females are more commonly affected with cystitis than males. The female to male ratio is 4 to 1.[3]
Age
Acute uncomplicated cystitis commonly affects women ages 18-39 years.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Geerlings SE (2016). "Clinical Presentations and Epidemiology of Urinary Tract Infections". Microbiol Spectr. 4 (5). doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.UTI-0002-2012. PMID 27780014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kurowski K (1998). "The woman with dysuria". Am Fam Physician. 57 (9): 2155–64, 2169–70. PMID 9606306.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Urinary Tract Infections. Wikipedia 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinary_tract_infection. Accessed on February 9, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hooton TM, Besser R, Foxman B, Fritsche TR, Nicolle LE (2004). "Acute uncomplicated cystitis in an era of increasing antibiotic resistance: a proposed approach to empirical therapy". Clin Infect Dis. 39 (1): 75–80. doi:10.1086/422145. PMID 15206056.