| The specificity of the dipstick test makes it useful for identifying hematuria, pyuria, or bacteriuria. |
| Findings on urinalysis may be entirely normal or may show microscopic hematuria or pyuria. |
| Subsequently neutrophils are recruited into the urinary tract, producing pyuria. |
| Because of hematuria, bacteriuria and pyuria, Susan had been treated for a urinary tract infection with possible pyelonephritis. |
| Cloudy urine often is a result of precipitated phosphate crystals in alkaline urine, but pyuria also can be the cause. |
| No clinical or laboratory finding distinguishes the two, though presence of pyuria makes true UTI more likely. |
