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What tests are given for utis?
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Urinalysis: Any urgent or a primary care office should carry out a quick urine dip to determine an uti. An official test would be a urine culture which takes longer. Otherwise your clinical symptoms such as burning, frequency, urgency, chills, fever and hestinancy would increase likelihood.
Answered 11/8/2016
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UA and urine Cx: You need to have urinalysis and urine culture to confirm UTI and identify the organism and its sensitivity pattern that will help in modifying antibiotics. If repeated uti's in a female; tests to identify the etiology are needed such as ultrasound of kidneys or other tests.
Answered 11/8/2016
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