Figure 2: Schematic illustrating vaginal bacteria with potential to impact the urinary tract.
The vagina can serve as a reservoir for several bacterial species known to be causes of UTI (E. coli, GBS, Staphylococcus) as well as underappreciated potential uropathogens (G. vaginalis, Aerococcs Ureaplasma) that can cause UTI and have been associated with urological conditions such as urgency incontinence and “sterile” pyuria.