Urinary Tract Infection

- Glossary

1.     Antibiotic prophylaxis: It is treatment with antimicrobial agent(s) before or shortly after (for limited time) certain surgical procedure to prevent local surgical site

infection or systemic postprocedural infection

2.     Complicated UTI : An infection associated with factors that increase the chance of acquiring bacteria and decrease the efficacy of therapy like obstruction and stones

3.     Recurrent UTI: Recurrences of uncomplicated and/or complicated UTIs, with a frequency of at least three UTIs/year or two UTIs in the last six months

4.     UTI: An inflammatory response of the urothelium to bacterial invasion that is usually associated with bacteriuria and pyuria.

5.     Uncomplicated UTI: An infection in a healthy patient with a structurally and functionally normal urinary tract.

6.     Urosepsis: Sever form of UTI with a considerable mortality rate