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I am 54 male. urine report shows leukocytes 2-5 and epithelial cells 5-10, rbc-nil, casts-absent, crystals - absent, bacteria-absent, reaction-acidic,?

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Dr. Cody Mead answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Hard to say: 5-10 epithelial cells indicates that is a contaminated sample. The WBCs indicate there may be an infection of some kind somewhere. I would get a repeat clean-catch sample for reevaluation. Hope this helps!

Answered 2/16/2017

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