ReviewGMS hygiene and infection control2019
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) or genital tract infections (GTIs)? It's the diagnostics that count.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- A comprehensive review on herbal approaches for treatment of urinary tract infections: Scope and challenges.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2026Review
- Determinants of urogenital tract infection symptoms among adolescent girls and young women in secondary schools and universities in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Clinical approach to sexually transmitted infections and pelvic inflammatory disease in women with acute pyelonephritis.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2025Article
- Epidemiology and management of urological emergencies in a tertiary care setting in Scandinavia.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Modern Solutions to UTIs: The Role of Nanotechnology and Herbal Treatments.Current drug targets · 2025Review
- Molecular identification and antimicrobial resistance patterns of enterobacterales in community urinary tract infections among indigenous women in Ecuador: addressing microbiological misidentification.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Distribution of chaperone-usher fimbriae and curli fimbriae among uropathogenic Escherichia coli.BMC microbiology · 2024Article
- Innovative Biosensor Technologies in the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections: A Comprehensive Literature Review.Indian journal of microbiology · 2024Review
- The Importance of Diagnostics in the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in the United Kingdom.Research and reports in urology · 2024Article
- Comparison of polymerase chain reaction and next-generation sequencing with conventional urine culture for the diagnosis of urinary tract infections: A meta-analysis.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2024Article
- Protective Properties of S-layer Protein 2 fromBiomolecules · 2023Article
- Antibiotic Resistance Profiling and Phylogenicity of Uropathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infections.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Antibacterial Activity of Selected Fruit Juices against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens Involved in Urinary Tract and Sexually Transmitted Infections among Tribal Women in Madhya Pradesh, India.Journal of pharmacopuncture · 2023Article
- Identifying FmlH lectin-binding small molecules for the prevention of Escherichia coli-induced urinary tract infections using hybrid fragment-based design and molecular docking.Computers in biology and medicine · 2023Article
- Outpatient sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment patterns in the United States: a real-world database study.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Carbapenem-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of the urine dipstick test for the detection of urinary tract infections in patients treated in Kenyan hospitals.Access microbiology · 2023Article
- Monotherapy With a Non-Hormonal Centella Asiatica, Hyaluronic Acid, and Prebiotic-Based Vaginal Gel in Women With Bacterial Vaginosis: Case Series.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2023Article
- Toll-like receptor-guided therapeutic intervention of human cancers: molecular and immunological perspectives.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Psychosocial burden and healthcare disillusionment in recurrent UTI: a large-scale international survey of patient perspectives.Frontiers in urology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and genital tract infections (GTIs) are both very common infectious diseases. Thus, accuracy and rapidity in recognition and treatment of sexually transmitted urogenital tract infections (ST-UGTIs) is a major concern in global public health systems. The application of reliable, accurate diagnostic tools is the key to definite detection, identification and treatment. This literature review focused on different characteristics of UGTIs in patients and the importance of diagnostic methodologies. The articles published and indexed from 1980 through October 2018 in the databases of PubMed and MEDLINE, as well as the Google Scholar web search engine, were collected and studied. MeSH keywords of "Sexual intercourse", "Urinary Tract Infections", "Genital Tract Infections" and "Toll-Like Receptors" were used for searching articles. Then, the proper articles (original and review articles) were subjected to a very rigorous selection process. The clinical symptoms and signs or asymptomatic properties of UTIs and GTIs are similar and often overlap. In many cases, the lack of suitable diagnostic techniques leads to misdiagnosed/undignosed GTIs and overdiagnosed UTIs. The outcome of poor diagnostics is failure of definite identification and treatment. The application of advanced techniques comprising PCR, microarray and next-generation sequencing promises to be more effective, together with the use of the microbial pattern of the individual's UGT to provide reliable detection, identification and definite treatment. This will be an option in the near future.
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