title: [Urinary infection and urethral stenosis in males].
abstract: Urinary infections are the most frequent ones in males second to viral acute respiratory infections. There is a high incidence of association to urethral stenosis. Urethral stenosis, whether congenital or acquired, conditions urinary stasis, with urethro-vesical-canaliculus-glandular mictional reflux resulting in urinary infection. Besides, urinary infection is a major etiological factor in the genesis of urethral stenosis, up to 26-30% of which can be directly attributable to post-infection conditions. The present work analyses the incidence of urinary infection in a group of 175 patients diagnosed with male urethral stenosis. Sixty-three patients (36%) presented infection, of which 90% were single microorganism infections, 44% being caused by E. coli. As a result of urethral stenosis associated to urinary infection, there were 56 complications in 42 patients (67%) which required 19 surgical interventions.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Urología del Hospital Marina Alta de Denia, Alicante.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Romero Pérez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mira Llinares
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014525:Urethral Stricture / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Infección urinaria y estenosis uretral masculina.