Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Research
Actinobaculum schaalii, a Common Uropathogen in Elderly Patients, Denmark
Steffen Bank
, Anders Jensen, Thomas M. Hansen, Karen M. Søby, and Jørgen Prag
, Anders Jensen, Thomas M. Hansen, Karen M. Søby, and Jørgen Prag
Table 4
Uropathogens identified by cultivation of 155 urine samples from patients >60 y of age, Denmark, 2008–2009
| Characteristic |
Actinobaculum schaalii |
|
|---|---|---|
| PCR positive |
PCR negative |
|
| Total no. samples | 34 | 121 |
| No growth | 3 | 45 |
| Uropathogens* >104 CFU | 31 | 76 |
| Escherichia coli | 13 | 38 |
| Other Enterobacteriaceae |
13 |
14 |
| Other organisms | ||
| Gram-negative aerobic rods | 2 | 6 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 0 | 6 |
| Coagulase-negative staphylococci | 0 | 4 |
| Aerococci spp. | 1 | 3 |
| Streptococcus spp. | 2 | 3 |
| Yeast | 0 | 2 |
| >3 species | 4 | 8 |
*Two species were identified in 4 of 34 PCR-positive samples and in 8 of 121 PCR-negative samples.
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