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What does a routine urine culture and ssensitivity test for? does it picky up stds

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Urine culture: Is to determine if you have a urinary infection and if so what antibiotic is the bug sensitive to, it does not detect stds.

Dr Chuu agreed

Answered 10/23/2017

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Dr. Gena Kluwe answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Urine C&S not 4 STDs: Urine culture and sensitivity is used to determine what bacteria, if any, growing in urine and which antibiotic(s) are most appropriate. This is not the way to test for stds. I have, however seen trichomonas in ua.

Dr Ali and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/25/2014

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