IJMABHR International Journal of Medical and All Body Health ResearchIJMABHR 2582-8940 Anfo Publication House 228 10.54660/IJMBHR.2024.5.3.01-07 Aetiology of urinary tract infection: A review MoradDalia Sudad Hashim OubidSarah Hashim dhannoonNour abdulehsan SaadiAli M Department of Biology, College of Education for women, University of Kirkuk, Iraq Department of Anesthesia Techniques, Mosul Medical Technical Institute, Northern Technical University, Mosul, Iraq 2024 5 3 01 07 01052024 03062024 CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Urinary tract infection is one of the common conditions all over the world, in this review the most important infections of urinary tract infection, as many people suffer from this infection continuously. One of the most important causes of infection are fungal, viral and bacterial pathogens, including Eschericia coli bacteria, coliforms and enterocci, common bacterial causes of UTIs, which are present in numbers.  

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