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. 2008 Nov 5;47(1):275–277. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01630-08

TABLE 1.

Profile of urine studies and culturesh

Date Collection method No. of WBCs/HPFf in urine No. of squamous cells/LPFg Culture result (CFU/ml)
Current urine studies
    7/02/08a Straight catheter 22 9 Negative
    6/24/08a Straight catheter 23 0 Negative
    6/9/08 Straight catheter 155 0 >50,000, Lactobacillus sp.e
    5/29/08 Straight catheter 180 0 >50,000, Lactobacillus sp.
    4/14/08 Straight catheter NDb ND >50,000, Lactobacillus sp.
Prior urine studies
    2/1/08 Straight catheter 45 10 3,000, Lactobacillus sp.
    1/7/08 MSCCc 180 96 >50,000, Klebsiella pneumoniae
    11/29/07 Straight catheter ND ND >50,000, Enterococcus sp.; >50,000, Candida albicans
    10/25/07 MSCC 10-25 1-10 Negative
    7/31/07 MSCC 10-25 >30 >50,000, Lactobacillus sp.
    2/28/06 Straight catheter ND ND >50,000, Lactobacillus sp.; 100, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus
    12/6/05 MSCC 0-2 <1 Negative
    3/1/05 MSCC 2-5 <1 >50,000, Lactobacillus sp.
    11/16/04 MSCC TNTCd 10-20 >50,000, Escherichia coli
    4/20/04 MSCC ND ND Negative
    9/13/02 MSCC 25-50 >30 >50,000, Lactobacillus sp.
a

Posttreatment with clarithromycin.

b

ND, not done.

c

MSCC, midstream clean catch.

d

TNTC, too numerous to count.

e

16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed this isolate to be L. delbrueckii.

f

HPF, high-power field.

g

LPF, low-power field.

h

Unclean samples with numerous mixed organisms not reported.