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Does a uti always show bacteria on test strips?
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No: There are urinary and genital tract infections that only show up on culture or special dna probe testing. And some problems act like urinary tract infection, but aren't.
Answered 7/26/2017
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Hi, I did my urinalysis and it shows 97/ul for bacteria through microscopic examination (international). Does it mean I have UTI?
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Had urine tests in past that showed little bit of bacteria, but told I did not have UTI. How do you determine harmless bacteria versus UTI bacteria?
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I went to the doctor and did a urine test. They came back and said I had a UTI and they would send it off to culture the urine to see what bacteria is?
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NOT a UTI so, what could urine test that contains Ketones 0.5 mmol/L, Erythrocytes 0.3mg/L & Leukocyte Esterase 75WBC/uL mean? No bacteria growing.
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