Bladder health and the urogenital microbiome in community-dwelling adult females
There is increasing awareness that human microbiomes impact health and modulate certain health conditions. Recently, investigators developed a validated assessment of bladder health in adult women. This advance facilitated evaluation of the urogenital microbiome, across the adult lifespan and across the spectrum of bladder health in a population-based, observational study.
Authors
- Elizabeth R. Mueller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3069-4069)
- Michael Mueller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3217-5385)
- Daniel T. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0876-9060)
- Cynthia S. Fok (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1197-0099)
- Jerry L. Lowder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1065-4537)
- S. Putnam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3532-6919)
- Rob Knight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-9019)
- Kyle Rudser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9968-0090)
- S. J. Song
- Linda T. Brubaker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8598-2589)
- Emily S. Lukacz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-8927)
- Caitriona Brennan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3943-6701)
- Cora Elizabeth Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2301-5796)
- Leslie Rickey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1306-8982)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of San Diego (US)
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- UC San Diego Health System (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Minnesota Department of Health (US)
- Jacobs (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- mSystems
- Published
- 2025-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00558-25
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35