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If urine culture test is not available does urine analysis can tell if a infection is available or not just urine analysis?
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Number of pus cells per high power field does give an idea
But there are other causes of pus cells in urine
Your clinical history and symptoms are also important
And broad spectrum antibiotics can be started if the most probable cause looks like UTI
Ultrasound KUB with post void residual urine is also very important in this scenario
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Yes can give a fair idea
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Dr. Kishan Raj K
Urological Surgeon
8 yrs exp
Kundapura
Urine analyis can suggest infection.....but can't confirm it....urinary stone,yubeculosis,malignancy all show same features in urine ananlyis
So for definitive and confirmatory test culture is mandatory
Nevertheless treatment can be started with urine analyis only
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Dr. Anirudh Kaushik
Urologist
33 yrs exp
Gurgaon
Yes analysis only gives indication of presence of infection. But it doesn’t tell us about the type of bacteria involved and the antibiotics that will effectively kill that bacteria
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Dr. Rohit Juneja
Urologist
13 yrs exp
Delhi
No it can not
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