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What is "urinalysis, complete with reflex to culture"?

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Dr. Joel Gallant answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Culture if needed: It means the lab will process the urine for culture if they find white blood cells on the urinalysis.

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Answered 3/30/2023

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