Tests for UTI, Urinary tract infections

Urinary tract infections can generally be diagnosed through UTI DNA Test, bacterial cultivation, and routine urinary examinations.

1. DNA test for Urinary Tract Infection
   Detection of bacterial DNA in the urinary tract
2. Bacteria cultivation
   A technology that uses artificial methods to grow and reproduce bacteria. Cultured bacteria can be used for identification
3. Urine routine examination
   Urinalysis is a type of laboratory medicine used to test urine samples in a laboratory. Physical dysfunction or disease affects the circulatory organs, such as the lungs, kidneys, urinary tract, bladder, and skin, and reflects excretion functions, such as urination and perspiration. Any abnormality of any one or more organs and functions may affect the color, concentration, turbidity, taste, composition, etc. of urine, so a urine test can help doctors diagnose your health.

Features of conventional urine culture

• Commonly used
• Conventional method
• Identification of antibiotic susceptibility
• Relatively cheaper
• High false negative rate, may miss out majority of uropathogens
• Low sensitivity (~20%)
• Long Turnaround time
• unable to detect slow growing organisms

Features of DNA test

• Fast and short reporting time
• Accurate, high sensitivity
• Able to detect multiple pathogens in one sample
• Able to detect both fast and slow growing organisms
• Relatively more expensive
• Target pathogens are limited by the test panel

Advantages and disadvantages of traditional bacterial cultivation and pathogenic DNA testing