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Can i get a false negative urine culture, after not taking antibiotics for 4 days, if i took a lot of antibiotics for 12 days and still have burning

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Dr. Martin Raff answered

Unlikely: Without knowing what antibiotics you were taking it is difficult to give you a definitive response, but generally most antibiotics will have been excreted by the end of a day, unless you were taking something with a very long half-life like azithromycin. You probably have something other than a bacterial uti.

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Answered 4/16/2013

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A member asked:

Can i get a false negative urine culture, after not taking antibiotics for 4 days, if i took a lot of antibiotics for 12 days and still have burning

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Martin Raff answered

Dr Den and another doctor agreed

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