lower urinary tract symptoms

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    Reassessment of Routine Midstream Culture in Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection
    Bacteriology
    Reassessment 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.

    Sanchutha Sathiananthamoorthy, James Malone-Lee, Kiren Gill, Anna Tymon, Trang K. Nguyen, Shradha Gurung, Linda Collins, Anthony S. Kupelian, Sheela Swamy, Rajvinder Khasriya, David A. Spratt, Jennifer L. Rohn
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