For  the first time, researchers have found that recurrent urinary tract infections are not caused by repeated infections by E. coli but due to the bladder being exposed transiently to a vaginal bacterium —Gardnerella vaginalis. The vaginal bacteria, which get into the bladder from the vagina, do not cause infection directly but trigger E. coli, which is in a dormant state after … Continue reading Vaginal bacteria responsible for recurrent urinary tract infections