Kidney Infection Urine Test Clear. The report recommended that doctors check for bacterial urinary infections if a patient shows uti signs even if they have a clear urine sample. Had to go to emergency doctor who refused to believe it was a kidney infection due to negative urine test long story short eventually after 2 days got cefalexin and have very slowly recovered.
If you have pain in your side burning urination and or frequency or blood in the urine but your urine tests are clear negative you may not have an infection but another problem such as a stone. Answered on may 12 2019 1 doctor agrees. Next is a dipstick test of the urine which can be read immediately.
You may require further testing such as imaging studies to pin down your problem.
Yet this test was embraced by the medical community and has been the global standard uti test for more than 60 years. If an infection is present the dipstick will normally be positive for blood and protein. Next is a dipstick test of the urine which can be read immediately. The journal pediatrics reports that clear urine can also be an indicator of a uti.