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A member asked:
Are urinary tract infections in adults very contagious?
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No: They are not contagious unless the UTI is tuberculosis or a parasite both of which are extremely rare in the US.
Answered 3/10/2015
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No: Uti's are in fact not contagious or spread from person to person.
Answered 6/20/2013
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