Needs evalUation: Urinary stasis allows bacteria to grow in stagnant urine. Causes can be incomplete bladder emptying, or a bladder diverticulum. You could have a connection between the colon and the bladder. There can be immunologic reasons. The bladder mucus should have the antigens a, b, o (blood type antigens) present. These prevent bacteria from sticking to the bladder wall. 10% of people do not secrete.
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