ABSTRACT
Anaerobes have been involved in many different types of urinary tract infection (UTI).
The types of infections of the urinary tract in which anaerobes have been involved include
para-or periurethral cellulitis or abscess, acute and chronic urethritis, cystitis, acute and
chronic prostatitis, prostatic and scrotal abscesses, periprostatic phlegmon, ureteritis, periur-
eteritis, pyelitis, pyelonephritis, renal abscess, scrotal gangrene, metastatic renal infection
pyonephrosis, perinephric abscess, retroperitoneal abscess, and other infections.