urine culture
Infection identification test
A urine culture is a laboratory test that grows bacteria from a urine sample to identify infections of the urinary tract.
The sample is placed in a medium that encourages bacterial growth, then analyzed to determine which organisms are present and which antibiotics will be effective against them: The doctor ordered a urine culture to confirm the UTI diagnosis.
- cystitisBladder lining inflammation
- bacterial infectionIllness from harmful microorganisms
- kidney infectionBacterial illness of renal organ
- urinary tract infectionBacterial bladder invasion
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
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- diagnostic testsantigen test, blood test, PCR test, swab test, rapid test
- Lab Valuesglucose, creatinine, hemoglobin, hematocrit, BUN
- urine testsurinalysis, dipstick, test strip, specific gravity, dipstick test
- urology testsurinalysis, PVR, cystogram, flow rate, creatinine
- urology treatmentsautotransplant, prostate biopsy, kidney scan
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms