Altered urobiome associated with incontinence: research

A cross-sectional study finds four species of bacteria 'significantly more abundant'
Reuters Health Staff writer
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Bladder bacterial diversity is different for women with urinary incontinence compared  with unaffected women, a study suggests.

US researchers compared bacteria in the urine of 50 women with stress urinary incontinence, 109 with urgency urinary incontinence and 150 controls, culturing bacteria from 70% of urine samples.