A nurse is conducting a health history on a patient who is seeing her health care provider for symptoms consistent with a UTI. The nurse understands that the most common route of infection is which of the following?
a) Due to a fistula (direct extension)
b) The result of urethra abrasion (sexual intercourse)
c) By ascending infection (transurethral)
d) Through the bloodstream (hematogenous spread)
Ans: c) By ascending infection (transurethral)
The most common route of infection is transurethral, in which bacteria colonize the periurethral area and enter the bladder by means of the urethra.
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