Urine culture

Can E.coli give you complication if you already have GI and Liver disease. Thank you for the information

Thank you

@launica0987
Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect!
I see that Valerie gave you some important information about the bacteria E. coli.
Looking at the report you included it does say that you have a UTI caused by E. Coli.
People who have GI issues such as diarrhea are more prone to get UTIs.
I don’t think it would make liver disease worse as long as treatment is started as soon as possible. I hope that you have a prescription for antibiotics. Make sure you take them as directed. Sometimes, doctors want to check the urine again after the medicine is finished.
It also helps to drink plenty of water to flush the bacteria out of your system.

@launica0987 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Here is what Mayo clinic has to say about e. coli: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/e-coli/symptoms-causes/syc-20372058
Yes, there can be further complications, but first it needs to be determined what strain of e coli you have. Apparently there can be a risk of liver damage and bloodstream infections, depending on the strain.
Ginger

I was giving UTI antibiotics to take so hopefully it clear away. Can there be complication to used the bathroom to poop with this condition. Thank you

@launica0987
With the correct antibiotics you should be fine.
In the future you’ll just call the doctor if you get similar symptoms.

I was given Nitrofurantoin for ESCHERICHIA COLI. Actually, it is why they ran a scan and ultimately found kidney cancer.

I thought I had a UTI, and the doctor ran a test and said no. He then sent out the sample and called me 4 days later, saying I had ESCHERICHIA COLI. I took the antibiotic but did not feel better. My doctor ran a scan and said my stomach was okay but the Radiologist saw a neoplasm, later determined to be EVCHrcc.

did they found cancer through CT scan?

Yes....saw something, then MRI scans confirmed tumor.

In remission now after a successful ablation in 2022.

CindyC
CHrcc

I have had a uti for 3 weeks and 3 different antibiotics.
I recently learned that your initial urine test they do can show no signs of a uti but the culture can, mine showed E. coli. From now on I will be insisting on a culture.
I just had five urine tests and 5 cultures since the first two antibiotics didn’t work. Because i want to make sure my my uti has gone I went to urgent care today and they did the urine test and submitted the culture. I also learned it doesn’t necessarily take 48-72 hours, it was explained to me that they check it after 12, 24 and 36 hours and if there is no bacteria at that time they do not check it further. Because I had it for 3 weeks I wanted to make sure I was clear, they also did a blood test. I am so paranoid about getting sepsis that that is the reason I am so persistent.