Your clinical information asks, “?UTI.” Microbiology cannot answer that question as such as that requires clinical insight and none is provided. There are many situations where either through a contaminated sample and asymptomatic colonisation would produce this result. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is increasingly common with age but can occur at younger ages, depending on underlying conditions. Always read a microbiology result in the context of what you are seeing clinically. … Read the rest
About Dr Mike Simmons
Mike is the clinical lead for microbiology to the Hywel Dda Health Board in west Wales as well as the microbiology strategic lead on all aspects of infection prevention and control.