A 22-year-old female asked:
what does this urine test result mean? " mixed growth predominated by dipheroids"?
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Dr. Martin Raff answered
56 years experience Infectious Disease
Contamination: It means that the urine culture was contaminated, either due to improper collection or to lab error.
Answered on Apr 14, 2014
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Dr. Hamsa Jayaraj answered
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UTI: You need treatment for UTI.
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