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Is it possible a uti is cleared and it's a yeast infection showing up in a positive uti test ?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

It depends on the kind of test and the care of urine specimen collection. If you have a yeast infection (perhaps triggered by antibiotic treatment of a UTI) and there's a bit of vaginal fluid in the urine, a dipstick might test positive for white blood cells (leukocyte esterase). This should not be positive on a carefully collected midstream clean-catch urine specimen.

Answered 9/29/2023

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Yes it is. If your symptoms are gone then and the test got contaminated during collection - by your vaginal contamination

Answered 10/2/2023

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