High levels of leukocytes or white blood cells in your urine may indicate a urinary tract infection, kidney stones, pelvic tumor, or another condition. Treatment depends on the cause. High leukocyte ...

A study defines parameters for the number of white blood cells that must be present in children's urine at different concentrations to suggest a urinary tract infection (UTI). The findings could help ...

Leukocytes are white blood cells that are vital to immune system defenses. Leukocytes in the urine can indicate an infection or inflammation in the urinary tract. Having leukocytes in the urine may be ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a dipstick test suggests there's blood in the urine, the next step should be to examine a sample of the urine under a microscope to make sure the dipstick result is ...

Occult blood is when you can’t see blood in your urine with your eye and it’s only visible under a microscope. You may need antibiotics or different treatments depending on the infection or other ...

Pyuria is a condition defined by the increased presence of white blood cells in urine. Although a urinary tract infection is the most common cause of sterile pyuria, other conditions may be involved.

Each year, 10 million episodes are treated with antibiotics, but half of the time subsequent urine testing fails to confirm ...

Visible (macroscopic) hematuria, documented since ancient times, 1,2 is striking, particularly when there is no prior event, such as trauma, dysuria due to cystitis, or flank pain with passage of a ...

There are several possible causes of blood in a person’s urine with no pain. Causes include exercise, trauma, and kidney disease. Hematuria is the medical term for when blood is present in urine.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 94, No. 21 (Oct. 14, 1997), pp. 11577-11582 (6 pages) Divalent cations are thought essential for motile function ...