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. 2018 Jul 23;115(29-30):494–500. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2018.0494

Table 1. Isolated pathogens in patients with positive urine culture.

Pathogen Number Percent*1
Escherichia coli  653 74.5
Enterococcus spp. *2 73 8.3
Klebsiella pneumoniae  48 5.5
Streptococcus group B/S.agalactiae  35 4.0
Proteus mirabilis  34 3.9
Citrobacter spp. *3  19 2.2
Staphylococcus saprophyticus  17 1.9
Staphylococcus aureus  11 1.3
other  132 15.1
Total 1022

Multiple answers were permitted

*1 The total is more than 100% as it is based on the number of patients with a positive urine culture and, in 14.6% of cases, more than one infecting organism was isolated from the urine sample.

*2 Enterococcus spp. comprise Enterococcus spp., E. faecalis, E. faecium, and E. gallinarium

*3 Citrobacter spp. comprise Citrobacter amalonaticus,

C. freundii, C. braakii, and C. koseri