Table II.
Relation between bacteriuria according to current European guidelines and mean values of all symptom scores at inclusion.
| Bacteria CFU/ mL |
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| Negative 1 |
103 |
104 |
≥105 |
Total |
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| Species | Symptom score 2 | n | Symptom score 2 | n | Symptom score 2 | n | Symptom score 2 | n | Symptom score 2 | n | % |
| E. coli 3 | 5.7 | 38 | 5.5 | 70 | 5.3 | 602 | 5.3 | 710 | 62.1 | ||
| CNS 5, 6 | 5.8 | 43 | 5.8 | 43 | 3.8 | ||||||
| S. saprophyticus 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 5.9 | 26 | 5.8 | 30 | 2.6 | ||||
| Klebsiella species 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 28 | 4.8 | 29 | 2.5 | ||||
| Enterococcus species 4 | 6.2 | 6 | 6.0 | 16 | 6.1 | 22 | 1.9 | ||||
| Citrobacter species 4 | 5.6 | 14 | 5.6 | 14 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Enterobacter species 4 | 6.1 | 13 | 6.1 | 13 | 1.1 | ||||||
| S. aureus 4 | 5.0 | 2 | 4.8 | 5 | 4.9 | 7 | 0.6 | ||||
| Group B streptococci 5 | 3.8 | 6 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Proteus species 4 | 5.0 | 2 | 6.0 | 4 | 5.7 | 6 | 0.5 | ||||
| Pseudomonas species 5 | 6.0 | 2 | 6.0 | 2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Gram negative rods 5 | 4.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Gram positive rods 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||
| Negative culture 1 | 5.1 | 258 | 5.1 | 258 | 22.7 | ||||||
| Total | 5.1 | 258 | 5.7 | 38 | 5.5 | 85 | 5.4 | 762 | 5.3 | 1143 | |
| % of total | 23 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 100 | ||||||
1Non-significant bacteriuria, see Material and methods; 2mean value of symptom scores, see Material and methods; 3primary pathogen; 4secondary pathogen; 5doubtful pathogen; 6coagulase-negative staphylococci other than S. saprophyticus.