lower urinary tract symptoms
- BacteriologyReassessment of Routine Midstream Culture in Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection
Midstream urine (MSU) culture remains the gold standard diagnostic test for confirming urinary tract infection (UTI). We previously showed that patients with chronic lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) below the diagnostic cutoff on MSU culture may still harbor bacterial infection and that their antibiotic treatment was associated with symptom resolution.