Treat with precision
A significant titer (≥10⁴–10⁵ CFU/ml) with sensitivity turns treatment from a lottery into a plan: a working drug, the correct duration, control culture after. Recurrent infections without culture are a typical history of resistance. Medium portion after hygiene in a sterile container; the result is 4–6 days, the preliminary result is earlier.
When is it appointed?
- pain when urinating, frequent urge - cystitis, urethritis;
- lower back pain, blood in the urine - stones, kidney inflammation;
- control of treatment of urinary tract infections - culture;
- clinical examination and preoperative preparation;
- blood in urine without pain - cytology (oncological alert).
Urine is the mirror of the urinary system
For a urology clinic, urine tests are a daily tool: OAM screens, Nechiporenko specifies latent inflammation and hematuria, culture names the causative agent of cystitis and pyelonephritis with an antibiogram, Zimnitsky evaluates the concentration function of the kidneys, cytology insures against urothelial tumors, and analysis of the composition of the removed stone determines the entire prevention of relapse. Correct collection is half the truth: instruction is required.
