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Descriptor English: Urinary Tract Infections
Descriptor Spanish: Infecciones Urinarias
Descriptor infecciones urinarias
Entry term(s) infecciones del tracto urinario
Scope note: Infecciones que afectan a aquellas estructuras del cuerpo que participan en la secreción y eliminación de la orina (riñones, uréteres, vejiga urinaria y uretra).
Descriptor Portuguese: Infecções Urinárias
Descriptor French: Infections urinaires
Entry term(s): Infection, Urinary Tract
Infections, Urinary Tract
Tract Infection, Urinary
Tract Infections, Urinary
Urinary Tract Infection
Tree number(s): C01.915
C12.050.351.968.892
C12.200.777.892
C12.950.892
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014552
Scope note: Inflammatory responses of the epithelium of the URINARY TRACT to microbial invasions. They are often bacterial infections with associated BACTERIURIA and PYURIA.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specific organ/disease term coordinated with specific infection term
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: URINARY TRACT INFECT
Related: Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary MeSH
DeCS ID: 14952
Unique ID: D014552
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Urinary Tract Infections - Preferred
Concept UI M0022373
Scope note Inflammatory responses of the epithelium of the URINARY TRACT to microbial invasions. They are often bacterial infections with associated BACTERIURIA and PYURIA.
Preferred term Urinary Tract Infections
Entry term(s) Infection, Urinary Tract
Infections, Urinary Tract
Tract Infection, Urinary
Tract Infections, Urinary
Urinary Tract Infection



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