The regime has responded to the decline of its regular forces by creating a variety of irregular forces (shabbiha militias, Popular Committees, local militias, the Baath Party Militia) and then merging them under the so-called National Defense Forces.
The urine is normally sterile. An infection occurs when bacteria get into the urine and begin to grow. The infection usually starts at the opening of the urethra where the urine leaves the body and moves upward into the urinary tract. 1  The culprit in at least 90% of uncomplicated infections is a type of bacteria called Escherichia coli, better know as E. coli.
A bacterial urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common kind of infection affecting the urinary tract. Urine is the fluid that is filtered out of the bloodstream by the kidneys.Urine contains salts and waste products, but it doesn't normally contain bacteria. Bacteria that infect only the urethra (the short tube that delivers urine from the bladder to the outside of the body) cause urethritis. 2  Bacteria can also cause a bladder infection, which is called cystitis. 3  Another, more serious, kind of UTI is infection of the kidney itself, known as pyelonephritis.