Posted on 10/27/2025 8:13:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A new study estimates that nearly one in five urinary tract infections may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat—and pose a hidden foodborne risk to millions of people.
The study also found that people living in low-income neighborhoods are at the greatest risk.
Said Lance B. Price, "This opens up new avenues for prevention, especially for vulnerable communities that bear a disproportionate burden. This is why we should be investing more, not less, in research into the social determinants of health. Your risk of infection should not depend on your ZIP code."
UTIs are among the most common infections worldwide, disproportionately affecting women and the elderly. They cost billions annually in medical care and lost productivity. E. coli, the leading cause of UTIs, is also a common contaminant in raw poultry and meat.
To bridge this gap, researchers collected over 5,700 E. coli isolates from patients with UTIs and retail meat samples from the same neighborhoods. They used a new genomic modeling approach to estimate whether each bacterial strain likely originated in humans or animals.
Key findings:
—18% of UTIs in the study population were linked to E. coli strains of animal origin, which are known as foodborne UTIs.
—The highest-risk strains were most often found in chicken and turkey.
—People living in low-income areas had a 60% higher risk of foodborne UTIs compared to those in wealthier neighborhoods.
—Women and older men were especially vulnerable.
What can consumers do?
People can protect themselves by practicing safe food handling:
—Buy meat and poultry that is securely sealed to prevent leakage onto other groceries.
—Thoroughly cook all meat and poultry.
—Avoid cross-contamination in the kitchen.
—Wash hands and surfaces after preparing raw meat.
—Advocate for food safety policies that address disparities in retail and community environments.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
UTIs are easier to cure in women. Men’s prostates make it far more difficult to clear bacteria out.
It pays to cook your meat thoroughly and to wash your hands BEFORE you leave to go to the toilet.
Well, if you stop putting your meat where it can get contaminated your urinary tract won’t get infected..................
RE: The highest-risk strains were most often found in chicken and turkey.
I remember the time Michael Savage (really Michael Weiner, PhD with Medical botany master’s degree; Medical anthropology master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and nutrition sciences) said swearing off red meat doesn’t work because, for example, turkeys eat the worst droppings that pigs and chickens pass up in the barnyard.
I hope McDonald’s is being careful about the condition of the Big Max burgers I eat.
So there it is.....we have to advocate ,you know,because of the disparities.....then all these utis will just dissappear..
That's just silly — and stereotypical of woke nonsense. (Plus, even if it were defensible, any "should" is a political statement, not a scientific or medical statement, and doesn't belong in a medical journal. But anyway, the statement isn't even defensible politically.)
Of course your risk of infections by various agents will depend on where you live ("your ZIP code"). Some examples: Lyme disease, West Nile virus, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, valley fever, histoplasmosis, Cryptococcus gattii, brucellosis, hantavirus, tuberculosis.
Yes, public health efforts should include E. coli. But the cause here is carelessness in food preparation, cooking uncleanliness, and bad hygiene on the part of the residents of certain ZIP codes (the hidden suggestion in the article is the false implication that the problem is due to discrimination against the poor or to racism).
Should be good.
The ‘meat’ patties are formed from a pink slurry of some substance. Just like the McRib.
It is silly. But libsocs never pass up the chance to divide people and play the race and/or poverty cards.
The premise here is ridiculous.
The lousy health of people is what makes them vulnerable to complications from natural organisms on food.
This is just for pron for the medical cartel.
bad meat in the can
Does Maliha Aziz and her cohorts et al eat non-halal meat?
I handle raw chicken as if it were actual poison. Because it is.
Yes. That same phrase grabbed me. How many ways can they weave wokeness into any story?
“May”, “estimates”—I’m not buying it.
Bkmk
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