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Urine Culture : In the past ... As many as 90 percent of uncomplicated cystitis episodes are caused by Escherichia coli, 10 to 20 percent are caused by coagulase-negative Staphylococcus ...
Researchers defined UTI as a urine culture growing ≥ 50,000 colony ... 1044 (11.1%) had UTI, with Escherichia coli being the most common pathogen (923; 88.4%). Urine dipstick showed higher ...
This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Theodor Escherich, the German physician who discovered Escherichia coli. Jörg Hacker ... introduced Escherich to pure culture and bacterial ...
Methods: This case series included patients who received ertapenem for more than 48 hours to treat a documented infection with a positive culture for an ESBL-producing organism. Efficacy was ...