I had symptoms of bloating side front pain and abdominal pain, frequent urge to urinate , foul smelling cloudy urine last week. Went to urgent care and had a dipstick urinslysis which showed high leukocyte and white blood cells. The culture came back clear for bacterial growth. I took macrobid for 5 days and now am having the symptoms returning.   Could it be a kidney stone passed or a kidney infection? Why wild there be no growth if 1 day after I finished the antibiotics I am starting with symptoms again?
Hi and welcome to Chat Doctor. I understand your concerns. You have all symptoms of urinary tract infection and if there are recurrent infections then some underlying cause may be present. It can be urinary stones but also, some resistant bacteria may persist, so you need to do monoculture to see if I am right so macro bid may not be sufficient. Also, some fungal infections or STDs may have similar clinical picture. To exclude kinda stones you should do kidneys ultrasound and RTG images. I hope I have answered your query. Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.