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Urinalysis showed positive for nitrites in urine?

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UTI: Bacteria that cause a urinary tract infection (UTI) make an enzyme that changes urinary nitrates to nitrites. Nitrites in urine show a UTI is present.

Answered 9/25/2018

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Can urine that say out too long before being tested show a false positive result of nitrites?

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From last 3,4 days I'm feeling little burning after urination and tingling sensation in penis. After urination I feel I need to urinate again (not too much). There is some kind of discomfort inside the penis. Urine C/E shows nitrite positive?

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In the urinalysis I had positive nitrite as well as 500 Leu/uL. What kind of infection could that indicate?

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Penis pain feeling like its pressurized. Sometimes the pain is in the shaft sometimes at the head. No pain with urination and no discharge. All STD/STI tests came back negative. Urine sample tests show negative leukocytes/nitrites and WBC was 1 hpf?

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I had symptoms of a UTI last week and no longer have any, but my at home UTI test still shows some leukocytes and no nitrites in my urine. Why?

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