ArticleThe Journal of urology2021
Warmer Weather and the Risk of Urinary Tract Infections in Women.
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- Summer temperature and emergency room visits due to urinary tract infection in South Korea: a national time-stratified case-crossover study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- A retrospective analysis of the incidence and risk factors of perioperative urinary tract infections after total hysterectomy.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- Prevalence, antibiotic resistance pattern for bacteriuria from patients with urinary tract infections.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Epidemiological insights into seasonal, sex‑specific and age‑related distribution of bacterial pathogens in urinary tract infections.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024Article
- Physical Exercise After Solid Organ Transplantation: A Cautionary Tale.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2024Review
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- Season of Conception and Risk of Cerebral Palsy.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Trending prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in a tertiary hospital in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- [Sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors associated to significative bacteriuria in a Spanish health area].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2022Article
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- Ambient temperature and risk of urinary tract infection in California: A time-stratified case-crossover study using electronic health records.Environment international · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe incidence of urinary tract infections is seasonal, peaking in summer months. One possible mechanism for the observed seasonality of urinary tract infections is warmer weather. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe identified all urinary tract infection cases located in approximately 400 metropolitan statistical areas in the contiguous United States between 2001 and 2015 using the Truven Health MarketScan® databases. A total of 167,078,882 person-years were included in this data set and a total of 15,876,030 urinary tract infection events were identified by ICD-9 code 599.0. Weather data for each metropolitan statistical area and date were obtained from the National Centers for Environmental Information. We computed the mean temperature during the period 0 to 7 days prior to the urinary tract infection diagnosis. We used a quasi-Poisson generalized linear model. The primary outcome was the number of urinary tract infections each day in a metropolitan statistical area in each age group. Covariates considered included age group, day of week, year and the temperature during the previous 7 days.
resultsWarmer weather increases the risk of urinary tract infections among women treated in outpatient settings in a dose-response fashion. On days when the prior week's average temperature was between 25 and 30C, the incidence of urinary tract infections was increased by 20% to 30% relative to when the prior week's temperature was 5 to 7.5C.
conclusionsThe incidence of urinary tract infections increases with the prior week's temperature. Our results indicate that warmer weather is a risk factor for urinary tract infections. Furthermore, as temperatures rise, the morbidity attributable to urinary tract infections may increase.
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