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Can a urine culture detect an std
A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Nayla Mumnehanswered
Allergy and Immunology 31 years experience
Urine culture: Is to determine if you have a urinary infection and if so what antibiotic is the bug sensitive to, it does not detect stds.
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Dr. Gena Kluweanswered
Internal Medicine 26 years experience
Urine C&S not 4 STDs: Urine culture and sensitivity is used to determine what bacteria, if any, growing in urine and which antibiotic(s) are most appropriate. This is not ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jalal Zuberianswered
Pediatrics 47 years experience
Think Chlamydia: Chlamydia. tests are notoriously false negative. If you have symptoms suggestive of this STD, you should be treated, regardless of the result and foll... Read More
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Dr. Esther Poza-juncalanswered
Internal Medicine 39 years experience
Symptoms?: It would be helpful to know what your symptoms are. You've been checked for the usual culprits in NSU, namely GC and chlamydia. Trichomonas and myco... Read More
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Dr. John Leander Poanswered
Infectious Disease 20 years experience
What's the concern..: That prompts you to ask this question? Is it because of persistent symptoms? Positive urinalysis without symptoms? Worry about a more ominous diagnosi... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Yes, some STDs: Gonorrhea and chlamydia can be cultured from urine. However, urine culture is not the optimum test for std diagnosis. There are specific tests for dif... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
Not usually: Urinary tract infection is quite different than stds under most circumstances, but some forms of std may create swelling of the female urethral outlet... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Yash Khannaanswered
Family Medicine 59 years experience
No: Routine Urine Culture will not show STD like Chlamydia
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. Douglas Lawsonanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 30 years experience
E. coli: E coli is the most frequent bacterial cause of urinary tract infections. While utis are more common in sexually active people, it is not an std.
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A male asked:
Dr. Fred McCurdyanswered
Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis 47 years experience
Prostatitis: Staph species can cause prostatitis but they are rare. If you are having symptoms consistent with prostate infection and your urine is positive for S... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Kathy Robinsonanswered
Family Medicine 34 years experience
Ecoli UTI: This sound like you have an E. Coli urinary tract infection. This is not sexually transmitted. It is an infection in the bladder and it must be treat... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Mazen Kherallahanswered
Infectious Disease 36 years experience
No: Doxycyline covers organisms associated with sexually transmitted disease other than gonorrhea such as chlamydia. Treatment of epididymoorchitis is bas... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
No: It's a protozoan, cannot be cultured, is generally easy to diagnose on physical exam, and the microbes can be seen in the fluid taken from the vagina.... Read More
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