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Mom is a 90 year old woman with a bladder infection that keeps on coming back. doctors don't know why?
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Not uncommon: Recurrent UTI in elders is often due to a variety of issues - atrophy, anatomy, incontinence, colonization. Needs eval by urologist to determine if this is relapsing or recurrent and if there are structural issues contributing.
Answered 6/10/2014
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