Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

Description

An infection of the urinary system, most commonly caused by E. coli bacteria. Symptoms include painful urination, frequent urges to urinate, and cloudy urine.

Carbohydrate Dependency: Escherichia coli (main cause) is carbohydrate-dependent, using glucose as its primary energy source. Weakens significantly during fasting or ketogenic/carnivore diets when glucose is restricted.

Root Causes

Carbohydrate consumption

[ 1 ] Ernesto J Muñoz-Elías et al. (2006) DOI PMID [ 2 ] Larry Reitzer et al. (2019) DOI PMCID PMID [ 3 ] Jessica N Schaffer et al. (2015) DOI PMCID PMID

Treatment Options

Fasting

Antibiotics

Susceptibilities

Systemic Inflammation

Sources

[1] Carbon metabolism of intracellular bacteria

[ 1 ] Ernesto J Muñoz-Elías et al. (2006) DOI PMID

[2] Rapid Growth and Metabolism of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Relation to Urine Composition

[ 2 ] Larry Reitzer et al. (2019) DOI PMCID PMID

[3] Proteus mirabilis and Urinary Tract Infections

[ 3 ] Jessica N Schaffer et al. (2015) DOI PMCID PMID