Like if someone had a uti and got a culture done, could stds show up?
I don't need lectures about being tested by the way, I already do. I just wondered if this would happen, cause it seems to make sense. If not, why?
2007-10-03 19:25:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
STD's will not show up on a standard urine culture. This is because a urine culture looks for usual run-of-the-mill bacteria such as E Coli and most STD's are either
a) a virus which won't grow on a bacterial culture (e.g. HPV, HIV) or
b) a non-run-of-the-mill bacteria that has special growth requirements such as gonorrhea or syphilis (and hence won't grow in a standard bacterial culture) or
c) a non-run-of-the-mill bacteria that's very difficult to grow in any conditions such as chlamydia.
Trichomonas is sometimes detected incidentally when the urine is examined under the microscope - sometimes the doctor will order microscopic examination along with the urine culture and the trichomonas will be discovered that way. It's a very poor test for detecting trichomonas, however; if it's found via urine microscopy it's basically blind luck.
Urine can be sent for a non-culture test to detect gonorrhea and chlamydia. This is a test that relies on amplification of DNA rather than a culture. It's quite effective and has potential to replace the old swab method. It's not a culture test, however.
2007-10-03 19:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by Doxycycline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Urine Culture Chlamydia
2016-12-13 08:43:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-13 06:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they can catch some of them by urine culture
2007-10-04 01:17:40 · answer #4 · answered by ladyluck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. they would have to test for it specificly...
2007-10-03 19:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋