Table 2.
Microbiological culture results variability among 97 patients who underwent double-J.
| Variables | (T1): BUC Pre-DoubleJ a |
(T2): BUC In-Stay DoubleJ b |
Proximal-J Culture c |
Distal-J Culture d |
(T3): RP Culture e |
(T4): BUC Post-DoubleJ Removal f |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with a positive culture, n. (%) | 3 (3.1) | 32 (33.0) | 80 (82.5) | 76 (78.4) | 21 (21.6) | 11 (11.3) |
| Bacteria, n. (%) | ||||||
| E. coli | 1 (33.3) | 4 (12.5) | 7 (8.8) | 4 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (9.1) |
| E. faecalis | 0 (0.0) | 6 (18.8) | 16 (20.0) | 12 (15.8) | 5 (23.8) | 3 (27.3) |
| E. faecium | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Klebsiella spp. | 0 (0.0) | 6 (18.8) | 5 (6.3) | 7 (9.2) | 6 (28.6) | 3 (27.3) |
| Staphylococcus haemoliticus | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.5) | 5 (6.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (7.5) | 5 (6.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (9.1) |
| Staphylococcus lugdunensis | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Candida albicans | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.3) | 1 (1.3) | 3 (3.9) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (9.1) |
| Candida glabrata | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.3) | 5 (6.3) | 5 (6.6) | 1 (4.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Candida kefyi | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| citrobacter | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Acinetobacter jejuni | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Staphylococcus capitis | 1 (33.3) | 6 (18.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (4.8) | 1 (9.1) |
| Staphylococcus species | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Corynebacterium aurimucosum | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Corynebacterium jeikeium | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Streptococcus agalactaie | 1 (33.3) | 1 (3.1) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Morganella morganii | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Mixed flora, n. (%) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (9.4) | 34 (42.5) | 28 (36.8) | 6 (28.8) | 1 (9.1) |
Abbreviations include BUC: bladder urine culture; RP: renal pelvis (selective). Notes: a—Urine culture Information was not available in 35 patients, b—Urine culture Information was not available in 15 patients, c,d—Culture Information was available in all patients, e—Urine culture Information was not available in 39 patients, f—Urine culture Information was not available in 43 patients.