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What is a nitrite positive uti?
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Urease bacteria: Some bacteria produce an enzyme called urease that will cause the urinalysis to show nitrite positive test results.
Answered 12/23/2014
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It shows: That you have bacteria in your urine that can convert the nitrate normally there into nitrite, gram negative bacteria such as e.coli can do this if urine at least two hours' old in bladder
Answered 4/26/2017
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When you do a home UTI test and the results are positive for leukocytes and negative for nitrite what does that mean?
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