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While doing routine check up, my urine analysis had 45 / hpf wbc and culture was negative . i have no symptoms whatsoever , can i ignore it ?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

If there were: a lot of epithelial cells - it may have been due to contamination.

Dr Saghafi and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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