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    Default UTI and antibiotics after RTX infusion

    Had my RTX infusion on last Wednesday. Went well. I got my lab draw before the infusion and got my results on Friday. All good except for a +2 on leukocytes (in urine). That smells like a UTI: I get UTIs as a man because of a urethral stricture I have due to being catheterized for several months as a baby.

    Anyhow, I need to get a urine culture tomorrow (to check for infection) and I'm wondering if I do have a UTI, and I need to go on antibiotics, will the antibiotics adversely react with the RTX (possibly preventing the RTX from doing its job). I don't know if my local rheumatologist will have a definitive answer on this one (she's on holiday anyhow so it will be the on call doctor).

    Any feedback welcome. I've had UTIs that have landed me in the hospital and I don't want to go anywhere near a hospital right now.
    Last edited by richard052018; 12-22-2020 at 01:06 PM.

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