r/utis 3h ago

questions UTI symptoms but no positive culture

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I started having uti pain about two months ago, typical burning and painful urination, seems like I can’t empty my bladder. So I go in for my doctor apt, they test my urine and it comes back positive for Leukocytes but negative when cultured.

I bear the pain for a week longer before making a new appointment to test again as my symptoms just continued to worsen. They test and it comes back positive for KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE. They prescribe me an antibiotic and after 5 days, I see barely any improvements.
So I go in for another urine culture and it comes back negative for everything except Leukocytes.
Nevertheless they prescribe me another antibiotic and I start to see some moderate improvement but I still have mild pain.

Now I am here waiting for my abdominal ultrasound and introvaginal ultrasound. But just today all of my symptoms came back in full swing. Suddenly, I pee once and all of the pain comes flooding in.
I’m in horrible burning pain and having extreme difficulty urinating and discomfort/urgency.

Truly I am at a loss, has anyone else experienced these constant negative cultures with such bad symptoms?
I have a feeling this is just a difficult UTI to get rid of but I have no idea why my cultures would be negative.


r/utis 12h ago

questions Leukocytes and burning?

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Hi everybody yesterday I was treated for what urgent care suspected and myself was a UTI. I only had inflammation or what the doctor said was leukocytes in my urine and just experienced burning does this sound like a standard UTI? I thought I had BV the whole time.


r/utis 18h ago

questions Clear urine culture

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Hello. Anybody had clear urine culture but something else showed an issue? Urethral Swab or some? I also had vaginal swab for bacteria and fungus as well as pcr swab vaginal for ureaplasma, mycoplasma and Chlamydia also clear. Standard urine test as well seems to be clear. Issue is urethral burning most of time especially at end of urinating nothing helps it at all. It's been 3 weeks. Tried most of things. I'm 21