INTERPRETING URINALYSIS
AND
URINE CULTURE RESULTS
Philip Sloane, MD, MPH
Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics
UNC School of Medicine
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Interpreting a Urinalysis
DIPSTICK
Helps identify if patient is
hydrated / dehydrated
Marker for common
bacterial pathogens *
Marker for white blood
cells in the urine
MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS
White blood cells
Red blood cells
* E Coli, Klebsiella and Proteus produce nitrite from nitrate.
Pseudomonas, enterococci and coagulase negative staphylococci do not.
Sample Urinalysis #1
Sample Urinalysis #2
Sample Urinalysis #3
Sample Urinalysis #4
Interpreting a Urine Culture – 1 [No Growth]
Interpreting a Urine Culture – 2 [Preliminary Report]
Interpreting
a Urine
Culture – 3
[Final Report
of Patient in
Slide 2]
Interpreting
a Urine
Culture - 4
Interpreting a Urine Culture - 5
Interpreting
a Urine
Culture - 6
Interpreting a Urine Culture - 7
Interpreting a Urine Culture - 8
Interpreting
a Urine
Culture - 9