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What do the two plus signs mean for white blood cells in urine?


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Two plus signs of white blood cells in urine represent moderate urinary tract infection. According to the number of white blood cells in urine routine, for example, one plus sign of white blood cells represents mild urinary tract infection, two plus signs of white blood cells represent moderate urinary tract infection, and three or more plus signs of white blood cells represent severe urinary tract infection. For urinary tract infection treatment principle is to use symptomatic antibiotics for treatment, commonly used antibiotics are quinolones levofloxacin or cephalosporins cefradine, cefdinir or cefaclor, etc. Some patients with urinary tract infection need to do bacterial culture, if the bacterial culture has targeted drug sensitivity test, and then according to drug sensitivity test to choose more appropriate antibiotics, treatment up more regular.