My mom had me when she was 39, does it mean I'll die early because I came from an old egg? It happened two months later so I contacted my nephrologist and he sent me for a urinalysis and it showed mixed flora and he too put me on an antibiotic. Dr. Martin Raff answered 55 years experience Infectious Disease The best way to try to not contaminate the specimen is to use the wipe that the give you and hold your labia apart while you urinate. I was just confused why they kept me on an antibiotic after they did the test. Can anyone shed some light on what this means? Yes, thanks. The nurses practioner said that she saw only a small level of WBC in my urine but gave me Levaquin which I hate. What does C1-10^COLONY COUNT= 1000-10000 mixed flora at final reading^L mean, on a urine culture. Since October I have had spells when I generally feel unwell. Now here I am again in the same situation so I went in for meds. Does that make since?? Bronc … Should I ignore AZO tests and wait until I have a fever or am in extreme pain? Sometimes I will have that in my specimans and sometimes I won't. I felt some back pain so each time I took a AZO test. The urine needs to come out without touching anything else. For some that is impossible. The urinalysis came back normal and everything was negative. They just called me back this morning and said that the urine culture showed mixed flora. They couldn't find infection. Until I complained it is an infection went to a urologist and they put me on antibiotics. In the hospital, we just put a catheter (small thin tube) in your urethra to get a sterile specimen. She said it wasn't a good sample that's why I got those results. This means the urine sample did not have any bacteria that could cause an infection. My doctor messaged me back and said it's not UTI, in the past they also said its not UTI.. My urinalysis was always normal but not the culture. Hi all. I had the cystocopy, have been on antibiotics occasionally throughout the past 4 years, a peak inside my bladder, checked for backflow (negative) have been put on probiotics and water with lemon (these last two actually helped a lot for about. It happened two months later so I contacted my nephrologist and he sent me for a urinalysis and it showed mixed flora and he too put me on an antibiotic. Still have questions? If somebody who smokes cigarettes perform oral on you are you more likely to get a yeast infection ? So does it sound like a UTI? The frequency with which such growth truly represents mixed infection is unknown. The nurses practioner said that she saw only a small level of WBC in my urine but gave me Levaquin which I hate. Normally, urine is sterile. I was symptom free for about. I feel like puking at the thought of eating? I went to my GP the first time because I was going out of town the same day and she put me on an antibiotic without testing my urine. She called me back two days later and said it was only mixed flora which is no big deal and normal. Now here I am again in the same situation so I went in for meds. So my question is..... what is mixed flora? Such significance was demons … I couldn't urinate so a trip to the ER checked for infection and put me on a catheter for 10 days YUCK. Urine cultures that contain more than one organism are usually considered contaminated. The nurse practitioner wasn't that helpful, because I am very confused by what this means. Get answers by asking now. Will there be problems? I just lost my v card I’m bleeding and my vagina hurts is this normal? On Friday I went in for a urinalysis because I was concerned I may have a UTI. I acutally have some 2 weeks ago and they told me it wasnt serious, just some outside bacteria got in it. We sought to determine whether mixed flora (MF) was in fact a harbinger of impending pneumonia or a benign result that could be therapeutically ignored. Do I need to go back again? I just want to feel better. If it is "normal" why do they put me on antibiotics? If I am understanding mixed Flora correctly, I believe it is bacteria contamination. So i recently did a urine culture and was done with antibiotics for a uti and the recent result said <50,000 mixed flora. 41 yr old female change in breast/areola size. Each time the test turned purple which means the evidence of leukocytes. Usually what they are looking for in a bladder infection is a large amount of e. Coli. It is difficult for women to give a sterile urine specimen due to their anatomy. Sometimes bacteria will get in the cup before you can urinate in it, or bacteria from the moist toweltte or even skin bacteria, which isn't a big deal. I know they can distinguish the difference when looked under a microscope. I have seen a urologist who referred me to his nurse practitioner who gave me antibiotics, which worked for a while, then she referred me to another urologist, who took me off cranberry pills/juice and suggested lemon water and probiotics. Join Yahoo Answers and get 100 points today. "Mixed flora" is a commonly returned result yielding not in either indication for therapy or identification of potential causative organisms. I have been having issues lately so I thought I would ask the experts.... you. The urine needs to come out without touching anything else. Mixed flora means there were some bacteria noted but just the ones that normally live on the surface of your skin. It is usually free of bacteria, viruses, and fungi but does contain fluids, salts, and waste products. Mixed flora means there were some bacteria noted but just the ones that normally live on the surface of your skin. I have ongoing UTI symptoms ever since being exposed to high levels of black mold four years ago. I am a 17 year old Christian ,  It's not like I enjoy going to the doctor and being on meds. The best way to try to not contaminate the specimen is to use the wipe that the give you and hold your labia apart while you urinate. For some that is impossible. Hey Elizabeth! Surprisingly few studies have evaluated the clinical significance of polymicrobial growth from urine. She said its a normal result for that area, but may mean there's an infection. It did not indicate what bacteria, just mixed flora and mixed organisms or something. Haven't had sex for 30 years, now have an opportunity.

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