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Urine May Not Be As Sterile As Once Thought

(Thanks to funny man)

Comments

[mudstuffin in klumbus]

"While urine cultures have been the gold standard..."

har!

[Elon]

People always say urine is sterile, but I never really bought it. Bacteria and viruses are ubiquitous, and just because someone doesn't have leptospirosis, does not mean there is nothing else in their piss.

[Steve]

Certain members of my family like asparagus.
I know darn well that their urine is sterile because nothing could survive in the radioactive waste dump that is their pee a couple of hours later.

[funny man]

The standard method of capturing a urine sample in a cup can be risky..

You mean all those samples I gave and no one TOLD me?

D**n. Who can I sue?

[Meanie the Blue]

We most definitely did not see Urine Culture open for Culture Club.

[Clankie]

Thankfully, I never bought into the silly notion that urine was sterile. But I must leave now. I'm going off to help Barbara Boxer save the polar bears.

[Omniskeptic]

T. E. Lawrence thought it was, or at least the Bedouin he hung around with did. According to Seven Pillars of Wisdom, after a fight, they'd have the youngest boy available urinate on wounds.

[DrPat]

Omni, perhaps they thought that young boys' urine was sterile, or was imbued with something that made their wounds sterile.

BTW, I learned while in South Sfrica that some southern African tribes believe goat urine is a sterilizing fluid, although not to be taken internally...