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Are leukocytes in urine elevated during early postpartum months?
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Yes: They're elevated in vaginal secretions throughout and immediately after pregnancy, and this often if not always contaminates urine samples to some degree unless it's collected with a catheter. They shouldn't be in the bladder itself unless there's some process of inflammation going on.
Answered 8/12/2015
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