Category: Urology

Clinical Correlations


To Treat or Not to Treat: Rethinking the Positive Urine Culture

Class Act ID Urology 4 min read

By Bennett Yang

Peer Reviewed

An 84-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with fatigue and mild confusion. Her vitals are stable, she’s afebrile, and her exam is unremarkable. Labs are mostly normal, but the urinalysis shows moderate leukocyte esterase and bacteria. A urine culture is sent, and a broad-spectrum antibiotic is …

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Breaking News: The Downfall of the PSA

The United States Preventive Services Task Force stands their ground in this week’s Annals of Internal Medicine and recommends against the routine use of the PSA as a screening tool for prostate cancer. This Class D recommendation is grounded in data that suggests a “very small” mortality benefit at the …

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