Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Streptococcus pneumoniae in Urinary Tracts of Children with Chronic Kidney Disease

Irene Burckhardt

and Stefan Zimmermann

Author affiliations: Author affiliation: University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Results of urine samples of 12-year-old boy with chronic kidney disease, Germany, 2005–2010

Date sample arrived in laboratory	Type of urine sample	CFU/mL	Species	Leukocyte count, cells/µL
2005 Apr	Catheter	10⁵	α-Hemolytic streptococci*	No data
2005 Apr	Catheter	10⁴	Proteus mirabilis	No data
2005 Jul	Midstream	10⁵	α-Hemolytic streptococci	No data
2005 Jul	Midstream	10⁵	Proteus mirabilis	No data
2005 Sep	Midstream	10⁵	Streptococcus pyogenes	No data
2005 Sep	Midstream	10³	α-Hemolytic streptococci	No data
2007 Mar	Midstream	10⁴	Streptococcus pneumoniae	92
2007 Mar	Midstream	10⁴	Proteus mirabilis	92
2008 Mar	Midstream	10⁴	α-Hemolytic streptococci	54
2008 Mar	Midstream	10⁴	Proteus mirabilis	54
2008 Jun	Midstream	10⁵	Proteus mirabilis	33
2008 Jun	Midstream	10³	α-Hemolytic streptococci	33
2008 Jul	Midstream	10⁵	α-Hemolytic streptococci	150
2008 Nov	Midstream	10⁴	α-Hemolytic streptococci	90
2009 Mar	Midstream	10⁵	α-Hemolytic streptococci	46
2009 May	Midstream	10⁵	α-Hemolytic streptococci	24
2009 May	Midstream	10⁴	Proteus mirabilis	24
2009 Sep	Midstream	10⁵	Streptococcus pneumoniae	16
2009 Sep	Midstream	10³	Enterobacteriaceae	16
2010 Jan	Midstream	10⁵	α-Hemolytic streptococci	94
2010 Jan	Midstream	10⁴	Proteus mirabilis	94
2010 Jun	Midstream	10⁵	α-Hemolytic streptococci	124
2010 Jun	Midstream	10⁴	Proteus mirabilis	124

*Reference value is <4 cells/µL.