Table 3:

Comparison of organisms recovered using standard urine culture and expanded quantitative urine culture.

Standard Urine Culture	Organisms Recovered on EQUC
	Actinomyces turicensis
	Actinotignum schaalii
	Anaerobic gram positive rods
	Aspergillus spp*
	Bifidobacterium spp*
	Candida glabrata
No growth	Corynebacterium coyleae
	C. riegelii
	Diphtheroids spp*
	Aerococcus urinae
	Enterococcus faecalis
	Escherichia coli
	Gardnerella vaginalis
	Lactobacillus species
	L. casei/paracasei/rhamnosus
	L. crispatus
	L. delbrueckii
	L. fermentum
	L. gasseri/acidophilus
	L. hominis
	L. iners
	L. jensenii
	Leuconostoc spp*
	Pseudomonas aeruginosa
	Staphylococcus species
	S. epidermidis
	S. hominus
	S. lugdunensis
	Streptococcus species
	S. anginosus
	S. gallolyticus gallolyticus
	S. gallolyticus pasteurianus
	S. mitis
	S. oralis
	S. parasanguinis
	S. sanguinis
	S. spp*
Lactobacillus spp.	Bifidobacterium spp
	Gardnerella vaginalis
	Lactobacillus species
	L. casei/paracasei/rhamnosus
	L. gasseri/acidophilus
	L. jensenii
	Staphylococcus epidermidis
	Streptococcus anginosus

EQUC, expanded quantitative urine culture; spp, species

^*Microbe could not be identified beyond genus level