URINARY TRACT INFECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urinary tract infection mean? 

• URINARY TRACT INFECTION (noun)
  The noun URINARY TRACT INFECTION has 1 sense:

1. any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract

  Familiarity information: URINARY TRACT INFECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URINARY TRACT INFECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("urinary tract infection" is a kind of...):

inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "urinary tract infection"):

cystitis (inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters)

pyelonephritis (inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection)

urethritis (inflammation of the urethra; results in painful urination)

 Context examples 

E. gergoviae is a common nosocomial pathogen, causing urinary tract infections.

(Enterobacter gergoviae, NCI Thesaurus)

Prevention of urinary tract infections by cranberries has been documented.

(Cranberry, NCI Thesaurus)

C. pilosum causes urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis.

(Corynebacterium pilosum, NCI Thesaurus)

In humans, this bacteria is most commonly responsible for wound infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, diarrhea, and pleural infections.

(Escherichia fergusonii, NCI Thesaurus)

GBS infection may also occur in nonpregnant (particularly elderly) adults with underlying medical conditions, presenting as urinary tract infection, pneumonia, or soft-tissue infection.

(Group B Streptococcal Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

A derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibiotic in the treatment of urinary tract infections.

(Nifurtoinol, NCI Thesaurus)

Nalidixic acid is active against most gram-negative organisms that cause urinary tract infections.

(Nalidixic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Some C. genitalium strains are commensal in the urinary tract while other strains are associated with urinary tract infections.

(Corynebacterium genitalium, NCI Thesaurus)

C. urealyticum is commensal to the human skin and is known to cause urinary tract infections, kidney stones and pneumonia.

(Corynebacterium urealyticum, NCI Thesaurus)

A. viridans is rarely pathogenic in humans but may be associated with urinary tract infections and endocarditis in immunocompromised patients.

(Aerococcus viridans, NCI Thesaurus)