Up to 20 percent of young women with acute cystitis develop recurrent UTIs ... by urine culture to help differentiate between relapse (infection with the same organism) and recurrence (infection ...

These infections can affect several parts of the urinary tract, but the most common type is a bladder infection or cystitis .

If you suffer from interstitial cystitis (IC)-a chronic inflammatory ... it differs from a urinary tract infection (UTI) in several important ways. The biggest distinction is that IC is triggered ...