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Article: Urinary Tract Infection; Diagnosis.
- Article from:
- NWHRC Health Center - Urinary Tract Infection
- Article date:
- March 17, 2005
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Your health care professional will determine whether you have a urinary tract infection based on your symptoms, a physical examination and the result of a laboratory test of your urine. You will be asked to urinate into a small cup. The urine will be examined under a microscope for bacteria and for a large amount of white blood cells, which fight infection. A urine culture may be done in which the bacteria in the urine are encouraged to grow. The bacteria can then be identified and may be tested to see which antibiotic drug best kills them. If you are having recurrent symptoms of infections despite treatment, it is important that your urine be cultured BEFORE you are ...