Blood in urine (hematuria) can be caused by various health issues, from urinary tract infections and kidney stones to ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) become more prevalent during winter due to decreased water intake and cold diuresis. Women ...

Hematuria, or blood in the urine, can have many causes and identifying them requires careful examination. To prevent further ...

Urine Culture : In the past, the diagnosis of UTI was based on a quantitative urine culture yielding greater than 100,000 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per milliliter of urine,termed ...

Prompt diagnosis is key to treating chronic urinary tract infections. Testing may be performed to help rule out other conditions. Diagnostic testing may include: Urinalysis. To look for the presence ...

Claims for unregulated rapid molecular diagnostic tests for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in older adults have soared ...

However, the presence of fungi in urine does not always indicate a fungal infection. “Mere presence of yeast cells in the urine or presence of fungal growth in a single urine specimen without ...

An analysis of Medicare claims data found a 60-fold increase in the use of unregulated rapid molecular diagnostic tests for ...

Researchers have found hyponatremia to be suggestive of a worse disease course in pediatric patients with urinary tract ...