Port Huron, MI
A 33-year-old female asked:
My daughter had a urine done recently due to uti symptoms it showed 93 wbc 1198 red blood cells no nitrates cultures grew ecoli possible causes?
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Dr. Anthony LaBarberaanswered
Pediatrics 30 years experience
See below: The most common cause of utis is e. Coli. The e. Coli comes from the intestinal tract. Some times girls wipe the wrong way. Also, children, do not always have nitrates in their urine, when they have a uti.
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