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Is Meropenem Effective In Case In Negative Urine Culture Reports?

My mom is 61 years old. She had culture reports negative, but high puss cells. Doctor is giving her Meorpenem. She has a history of culture positive many times in recent past, but currently her culture report is negative. Earlier she was give Tazact, then 1 month later ertapenem.Could someone please let me know if Meropenem is fine if a patient doesn t have culture positive.
Fri, 24 Oct 2014
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The pus cells could be a result of bladder inflammation and not necessarily indicative of infection. If the culture results are negative, she may have another cause that needs to be diagnosed. However, a negative culture can result in the presence of an infection if antibiotics had recently been taken. These are pretty strong antibiotics she is being given, but generally I would only use them if I have a positive culture result and tests showing that the bacteria are susceptible to the antibiotics being prescribed. Hope this helps.
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Is Meropenem Effective In Case In Negative Urine Culture Reports?

The pus cells could be a result of bladder inflammation and not necessarily indicative of infection. If the culture results are negative, she may have another cause that needs to be diagnosed. However, a negative culture can result in the presence of an infection if antibiotics had recently been taken. These are pretty strong antibiotics she is being given, but generally I would only use them if I have a positive culture result and tests showing that the bacteria are susceptible to the antibiotics being prescribed. Hope this helps.