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What's the difference between urine r/m and culture?
I have this burning sensation around my vagina but not in the vuvla or urethra what is it?
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Dr. Siddharth Kumar
UROLOGY
8 yrs exp
Ranchi
Urine routine microscopy is the study of urine under a microscope and basic parameters of urine like number of pus cells, RBC, epithelial cells, casts, pH ,specific gravity, nitrite positivity, leukocyte estrase positivity etc. Urine culture is a examination of urine to determine the perticular type of bacteria growing and the susceptibility to antibiotics. Normally a urine culture take 48 to 72 hrs to report
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burning around vagina could be due to vaginitis and could be a feature of infection.
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get evaluation by a urologist/ gynecologist
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Dr. Mahendra Sharma
Urologist
18 yrs exp
Delhi
These are urine test, urine r/m down to assess basic urine examination, which include lot of parameters, urine infection is one of them. Urine culture required to confirm urine infection, to know bacteria and effective antibiotics. Common cause of burning around vagina is vaginitis for that clinical examination by gynecologist is foremost thing you need to do.
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