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Standard versus expanded cultures to diagnose UTIs in women

5 January 2022 | | Functional Urology, Infection | anti-bacterial agents, enhanced urine cultures, microbiota, urinary tract infections

Clinicians are well aware of the limitations of the so-called Kass criteria applied to standard urine culture (SUC) techniques as well as the limitations of empiric antibiotic prescribing for symptoms that are known to overlap with chronic conditions such as...