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A member asked:

Can you have a bacterial infection without nitrites showing up?

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Yes: We sometimes treat the infection and patient symptoms and not 'treating the lab results.'.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 9/6/2013

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What can cause consistently (several months, possibly a year or more) high leukocytes in urine with no nitrites and no symptoms of a uti or other infection?

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Urine test strips show 125+ leucocytes and 0.3+ protein. No traces os blood or nitrite. No pain, fever or other symptoms. Can it still be an infection what is the most likely cause?

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Urine test strips show 125+ leukocytes and 0.3+ protein. No traces of blood or nitrite. No pain, fever or other symptoms. Can it still be an infection? What is the most likely cause?

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Azo still pos for WBCs. No nitrites. On Cipro (ciprofloxacin) for 4 days now. No yeast infection or STD. No other symptoms. Have been stressed about this for days now?

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Does low specific gravity on urinalysis mean kidney infection? Otherwise normal test, no leuk or nitrites. Started w/ UTI sx 3 days ago, bladder fullness and freq, and now back pain up both sides and abdomen cramps. No blood or fever?

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