Urine Analysis as a Reliable Indicator of a Urinary Tract Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study
Urine analysis is not always a true indicator of a UTI and hence hospital policy of doing a reflex culture to a positive urine analysis should be discouraged as it leads to overdiagnosis and, hence, unnecessary use of antibiotics.
Authors
- Adel Alwakeedi
- James W. Snyder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4824-762X)
- Imad Majeed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-3763)
- Zeeshan Ullah
- Zaraq R Khan
Institutions
- Lady Reading Hospital (PK)
- University of Louisville Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.101074
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00