Altered urobiome associated with incontinence: research
A cross-sectional study finds four species of bacteria 'significantly more abundant'
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.
Four species of bacteria were found at significantly higher abundance in the urinary incontinence groups than the control group: Actinotignum schaalii, A. urinae, A.