After prostate cancer care at St. Elizabeth, Tony Manley shares why the right doctor made the drive from Louisville worth it.

Jeff Sedam came to St. Elizabeth Healthcare for advanced care after living with worsening prostate problems for almost 20 years. A holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) procedure relieved symptoms that had affected his sleep, travel and daily life for years.

A urine culture is the gold standard for testing for urinary tract infections, according to  St. Elizabeth Physicians’ Dr. Sonia Chopra, a board-certified urologist, as opposed to the dipstick test. She added that it commonly takes 24-48 hours, but the culture helps the doctor decide which antibiotic to use. The urine culture identifies the bacteria causing the infection and should …