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Urine culture
I had urine culture that showed antibiotic resistance to ciprofloxacin, Amp, ofloxacin, ceftriaxone , amoxicillin... from dr. Lal path labs... But after 10 days I again went for urine culture in another lab called sen diagnostics working for 50 yrs in Patna and they Are the best lab in patna.. their report showed susceptibility of ciprofloxacin, amp, ofloxacin, ceftriaxone, amoxicillin...Now I am confused .. Is this possible ?? Sen diagnostics used modified Kirby Bauer method . I again went for the third time at Sen diagnostics but the result showed susceptibility to all mentioned above.. Which one to follow ?? Plz help...
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Dr. Avdhesh Gupta
General Physician
44 yrs exp
Jaipur
ya it is possible depend on what type if organism grown in culture even same organism may change their behaviour thats why we advice interval urine culture before declaring free from infection. the culture should be done after 24 to 48 hrs after stopping antibiotics
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