https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2025.14280
UrOP position paper in support of the new classification of urinary tract infections: from “uncomplicated/complicated” to localized/systemic”
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Published: 11 September 2025
Dear Editor,
For a few decades, urinary tract infections (UTIs) have been classified according to the dichotomy “uncomplicated” and “complicated”...
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