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Narrative Reporting in Microbiology

Writing into the patients story

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?UTI

December 31, 2021 by Dr Mike Simmons Leave a Comment

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

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