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What is the cause of urine culture negative bacteriuria?

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May be a : Problem in collection/transport (bactericidal agents in the container?, delayed transport to the lab? - urine specimens need to be processed within 2 h of collection). A selected fastidious bacterial agent may not grow in usual culture media.

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Answered 3/17/2017

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