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The bacterial strains that cause UTIs include:
- Escherichia (E.) coli is responsible for 75 - 90% of uncomplicated cystitis cases in younger women and in more than half the cases in older women (over age50). In most cases of UTI, E. coli, which originates as a harmless microorganism in the intestines, spreads to the vaginal passage, where it invades and colonizes the urinary tract. Some bacteria may be able to invade into deeper tissue in the bladder, where they survive to reinfect the patie...
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