Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Urinary tract infection
Organism
Urinary tract infection (UTI)/cystitis/pyuria-dysuria syndrome
Enterobacteriaceae (GNR, especially E. coli [80% of infections]), Chlamydia trachomatis, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (GPC) (in young women), enterococcus (GPC), group B streptococci (GPC), Candida sp. (yeast), N. gonorrhoeae (GNCB), Corynebacterium urealyticum (GPR), Aerococcus urinae (GPC), Ureaplasma urealyticum (lack of cell walls prevents staining by Gram stain), HSV, adenovirus.
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Urinary Tract Infection." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619326/all/Urinary_tract_infection.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Urinary tract infection. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619326/all/Urinary_tract_infection. Accessed May 19, 2025.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Urinary tract infection. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619326/all/Urinary_tract_infection
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Urinary Tract Infection [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2025 May 19]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619326/all/Urinary_tract_infection.
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