Tag: Urinary Tract Infection

One of the first of its kind, UAH study characterizes urinary microbes in children

sarah JonasResearch Results

Until recently, it was believed that human urine is sterile, but advanced culturing techniques and DNA sequencing have revealed that bacteria and other microbes – such as viruses and fungi – inhabit the human bladder and urinary tract, known collectively as the “urobiome.” Now in study that is one of the first of its kind, Dr.