US researchers have found that women’s bladder is not a sterile place and can contain both beneficial and deadly bacteria, a finding that could lead to better diagnostic tests for urinary tract infections (UTI). The findings debunked the common belief that urine in healthy women is sterile and showed that bacteria is shared between the bladder and vagina. The microbiota includes pathogens such as E. coli and S. anginosus as well as beneficial bacteria such as L.
iners and L. crispatus. The beneficial bacteria residing in both the bladder and vagina could provide protection against urinary infections. The microbiologist of Loyola University Chicago said Now that we know the bladder is not sterile, we have to re-evaluate everything we thought we knew about the bladder and that is what we are doing. The researcher noted that should alter the way we view the bacteria of the female pelvic…
