Laboratory manual for undergraduate Anatomy & Physiology 2
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"What constitutes a healthy genitourinary microbiome? We’re not exactly sure, which can make diagnosing UTIs difficult, especially when conventional tests reveal nontraditional pathogens or low bacteria levels in urine from patients experiencing symptoms. To learn more about healthy microbiome states, researchers recently used shotgun metagenomics to characterize the urinary microbial profiles of 30 asymptomatic volunteers. The microbial taxonomic groups and functions fluctuated over time, indicating the dynamic nature of the microbiome. The researchers also compared the asymptomatic profiles to urine samples from 122 patients with UTI symptoms. Interestingly, most of the suspected-UTI profiles overlapped with the asymptomatic profiles. In addition, suspected-UTI samples with insignificant or no culture growth had WBC counts indicating inflammation, suggesting that bacterial presence alone doesn’t explain the onset of clinical UTI symptoms..."
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In Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Urinalysis course, students learn to evaluate normal and abnormal formed urinary elements through microscopic examination of urine sediment. They learn to interpret results and correlate with other laboratory data to identify disease. Note: this textbook is still evolving and should be considered a work in progress; new images will be added in the future.