Which of the following individuals is at the highest risk of developing a urinary tract infection (UTI)?
A) A 60-year-old man with a history of cardiovascular disease who is recovering in hospital from a coronary artery bypass graft
B) A 66-year-old man undergoing dialysis for the treatment of chronic renal failure secondary to hypertension
C) A 38-year-old man with high urine output due to antidiuretic hormone insufficiency
D) A 30-year-old woman with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

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Young women as well as persons with diabetes are at high risk of UTIs. Neither postsurgical recovery nor renal failure is necessarily a direct risk for UTI development, and high urine output would prevent decrease rather than increase in UTI risk.

Which of the Following Individuals Is at the Highest Risk