Symptoms of Cystitis

Testing for cystitis involves urine culture test strips that test for the presence of nitrate which is evident of *E. coli* or *K. pneumonia*. Leukocyte esterases are also tested for to see if there are white blood cells in the urine. This indicates an active infection.

Testing for Cystitis

Many different pathogens are responsible for cystitis: 
- *Escherichia coli*
- *Proteus vulgaris*
- *Psuedomonas aeruginosa*
- *Klebsiella pneumoniae*
- *Staphylococcus saprophyticus*
- *Enterococcus faecalis*
- *Streptococcus agalactiae*

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Cystitis is a bacterial bladder infection. It can also be caused due to reactions to different radiation therapy, body sprays, and spermicides. 

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