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Complicated vs uncomplicated UTI

Definition
The term uncomplicated urinary tract infection refers to the invasion of a structurally and
functionally normal urinary tract by a nonresident infectious organism. Complicated UTI refers
to the occurrence of infection in patients with an abnormal structural or functional urinary tract,
or both
The clinical significance is that complicated UTI hva e avery high risk of failure of
therapy

In uworld its written that giving polysaccharide vaccine (against conjugate vaccine)
has the advantage of decreased incidence of replacement strains due to lack of
mucosal immunity
Can anyone plz explain what the above statement means

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