More like this. The Singing Insects of Summer. It's a noisy place out there in the back yard, even after you turn off the mower and the leaf blower, silence the dog and the neighborhood kids, and just stand and listen. It can be a veritable cacophony with all the buzzing, chirping, whirring, zitzing and general insect noise going on.
If a culture is positive, susceptibility testing may be performed to guide treatment. Any bacterial infection may be serious and can spread to other areas of the body if not treated. Pain is often the first indicator of an infection. Prompt treatment, usually with antibiotics, will help to alleviate the pain.
Kidney Infection Diagnosis. The most important test in diagnosing kidney infection is a urinalysis (UA). This is basically a test to analyze urine sample and evaluate for an infection in the urine. Urinalysis is done by collecting a clean catch, midstream urine in a sterile collection cup. The urine may be analyzed by the doctor in the office using or by analysis in a laboratory. Because urine is normally sterile, any finding suggesting an infection may be considered abnormal and supportive of a kidney infection. 1  Gross inspection of urine (macroscopic analysis) may reveal cloudy urine.