Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 22

A 35-year-old patient being treated for a sinus infection with methicillin develops fever, a skin rash, and edema. Urinalysis results are as follows:

After receiving the urinalysis report, the physician orders a test for urinary eosinophils. The urinary eosinophil result is 10%.

a. Is the urinary eosinophil result normal or abnormal?

b. What is the probable diagnosis for this patient?

c. Discuss the significance of the increased WBCs and WBC casts in the absence of bacteria.

d. How can this condition be corrected?

Step 1 of 4

a.

The urinary eosinophil result is abnormal.

• Eosinophils are not usually found in urine

• Presence of above 1% eosinophils is significant