For recurrent UTI sufferers
You've been told "everything looks normal." But no one actually looked properly.
Time for a complete picture of what's actually there - read from your whole urinary microbiome.
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Standard dipsticks and cultures only look for a shortlist of organisms they already suspect. If what's causing your symptoms isn't on that list, results can come back "clear" while you keep cycling through antibiotics that don't fix the underlying cause.
Tota reads your whole urinary microbiome and hands it back to you in plain English — so you and your clinician aren't guessing at what's actually there.
Often miss low-level or atypical bacteria, coming back "clear" while symptoms continue.
Can fail to grow slower or less common organisms, and takes days at a clinic to schedule.
Treating the wrong organism — or the right one at the wrong dose — feeds the resistance cycle.
Booking, waiting, and re-explaining symptoms each time you flare up.
Up to 3 in 10
women with UTI symptoms receive a negative result from a standard urine culture
Roughly 2/3
of bacteria present in a urine sample can be missed by standard culture
Up to 1 in 4
women experience a recurrence within 6 months of their first UTI
How it works
Collect your sample at home in just a few minutes.
Send it to our lab for non-targeted DNA sequencing.
See a full breakdown of what's in your urinary microbiome in just a few days.
No branding on the box or the kit itself — nothing that identifies what's inside, from your doorstep to your bin.
Your report goes straight to your own private email — never shared, never visible to anyone else.
Your results stay saved in your secure account, so you can revisit them any time, no chasing down an old email.
How does Tota compare to a standard dipstick or culture?
The problem isn't always that the infection is gone. Sometimes it's that the test was never looking for what's actually there.
Whether this is your first flare-up in months or your fifth this year, Tota helps you understand what's really behind it.
A GP dipstick and most low-cost at-home tests work the same way: they check for a short, predefined list of the most common organisms. That approach is fast and low-cost precisely because it isn't looking at everything — so if what's causing your symptoms isn't on that list, it simply won't show up.
Tota works differently. Non-targeted DNA sequencing reads every organism present in your sample, so nothing is ruled out before the test even begins. You'll get a clear report of exactly what's there — giving you more to bring to your GP or clinician, rather than another "normal" result and no further explanation.
Our urine microbiome test reads every organism present in your urinary tract, giving you and your clinician the most detailed read available of what's actually going on — not just what a standard culture was looking for.
£299
For people who:
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What's included
Kit + lab analysis + full report
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No branding, no surprises
Expert-reviewed
Every report, every time
Reviewed by our lab
Digital Microbiology was founded by Dr. Nick Parkinson, our Scientific Director, following his own family's experience with recurrent UTIs. Nick holds a PhD in molecular genetics, with post-doctoral research experience at Oxford University and the UCL Institute of Neurology.
He and his team process every urine and vaginal swab kit using non-targeted DNA sequencing, identifying over 4,000 microbial species — and every report carries a second set of eyes before it lands in your inbox.
Dr. Nick Parkinson, Scientific Director
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Superb service from ordering kit to results given. 1st class. Any questions emailed were responded to almost immediately. Well worth the cost. Thank you for all your help.
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Sources: 1. Heytens S, De Sutter A, Coorevits L, et al. Women with symptoms of a urinary tract infection but a negative urine culture: PCR-based quantification of Escherichia coli suggests infection in most cases. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2017;23(9):647-652.
2. Price TK, Dune T, Hilt EE, et al. The Clinical Urine Culture: Enhanced Techniques Improve Detection of Clinically Relevant Microorganisms. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2016;54(5):1216-1222.
3. Foxman B. Urinary tract infection syndromes: occurrence, recurrence, bacteriology, risk factors, and disease burden. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. Figures reflect published research on standard UTI testing methods generally, not claims about any specific competing product.
