Urine Culture Test

Description

Urine Culture Test

Random Urine culture and sensitivity is a technique predominantly used to test the sensitivity of the aerobic bacteria, which can infect the urinary tract in the body. This test is done on both males and females to find out if the urinary tract is infected by bacteria.

What is urinary tract infection?

Urinary Tract Infection UTI is an infection caused by bacteria. UTI can occur anywhere in the urinary tract like kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.

Why urine culture test is performed?

This test is performed to check if an individual urinary tract is infected by aerobic bacteria or not. This test may be recommended to you by a physician if you experience symptoms such as burning sensation while urination, bloody urine, cloudy urine, rectal pain in men, pelvic pain in women, urine that smells bad, increased urination, pain in the bladder and lower abdomen, vaginal irritation, fatigue, fever, dark urine, etc.

This test also helps the doctors to plan the treatment according to the type of bacteria that infects the urinary tract. The test is also performed to check the effectiveness of the treatment.

Urine Culture and Sensitivity Test

Note:

• There is no preparation for this test, but you may be instructed not to urinate for at least one hour before the test and/or to drink a glass of water 15-20 minutes before sample collection. A sample will be collected randomly in a day.
• Doctor’s prescription may be needed
• The normal reference range may vary depending on gender, age, health history, etc.
• Home visit collection service is not available only for urine culture test. You can club this test with other tests and test packages.

Also known as, c/s aerobic random urine, urine c/s test, urine culture test, culture test, culture urine test, urine c/s, urine culture,

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