What Are the Causes of Recurring Urinary Tract Infections?
The causes of recurring, or recurrent, urinary tract infections may involve bacterial persistence in which the same bacterial organisms remain in the urinary tract, or reinfection, often by a different bacteria or other infectious organism. As defined by the “Oxford Handbook of Urology,” recurrent urinary tract infections are infections that occur more than twice in a six-month period, or more than three times over a 12-month period. Causes of recurring urinary tract infections include anatomical or functional problems, and physical predisposition to those infections.
