Sensitivity of Extended Cultures in Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infections

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Overactive Bladder, Overactive Detrusor, Urgency-Frequency Syndrome, UTI

In brief

There is some evidence to suggest standard urine cultures may not be adequate in identifying patients with low grade urinary tract infections. Therefore, there are patients with symptoms of frequency and urgency, being misdiagnosed with overactive bladder due to negative urine cultures. If this is true, could extended cultures be used to identify the false negative patients?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03080389

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

16

Starts

2017-07-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-09-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 y/o-70 y/o
• Able to consent
• Urgency /Frequency
• Urge incontinence
• PUF score ≤ 4
• Bother questionnaire #2 or #3 answered either "a moderate amount" or "a lot"

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant
• Pelvic radiation
• Chronic pelvic pain
• Urinary retention
• Greater than Stage 2 prolapse
• Renal calculi
• Recurrent UTI (2 in 6 months)
• Immunosuppressed
• Neurologic disorder
• No antibiotics in the past 4 weeks

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic Florida — Weston, Florida, United States

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