One of the most common infections treated by antibiotics is a urinary tract infection (UTI). Treatment guidelines are issued for uncomplicated and complicated cases. When there are bacteria in the ...

A UTI that goes untreated can turn into a kidney infection. Symptoms of a kidney infection include fever, chills, fatigue, nausea and vomiting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In most cases, a urine culture combined with empirical antibiotics is the most cost-effective strategy for UTIs, ...

WASHINGTON -- Michigan hospitals were able to cut down on unnecessary treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) thanks to better diagnostic stewardship, according to a study. The percentage of ...

Pyuria is a condition defined by the increased presence of white blood cells in urine. Although a urinary tract infection is the most common cause of sterile pyuria, other conditions may be involved.

Almost all women who exhibited symptoms of a urinary tract infection, but had a negative urine culture, actually had an infection, a small Belgian study found. The authors said that dysuria, frequency ...

NHS surgeon Dr Rajan warns that not all urinary infections are bacterial and antibiotics may not be necessary.

Occult blood is when you can’t see blood in your urine with your eye and it’s only visible under a microscope. You may need antibiotics or different treatments depending on the infection or other ...

A 38-year-old woman who is previously healthy presented with several months of abdominal discomfort and fatigue. She also reports fever and chills for 2 days. Urine culture grew Proteus Mirabilis. She ...

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Dear Doctors: I have had a UTI several times and know the symptoms. This last time, when I went to urgent care, they said they needed a urine culture before they could treat me. It was another day of ...