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Can antibiotics cause false negative uti test?

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Yes: If an antibiotic is taken before submitting the urine specimen, the urine culture is likely to show no growth (false negative) and urinalysis in general have a high rate of false positives and false negatives.

Dr Minich and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 10/15/2020

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