Thursday, April 21, 2011

Most Common UTI-causing bacteria

We've talked about focusing on a small number of bacteria in our detection system. Here are the most common types of bacteria found to cause urinary tract infections (E. coli causes 90% of infections!). Please note that these numbers are in the U.S., so I'm making the assumption that there are similar causes of infections in Nicaragua.
Here's a graph summarizing the search- with the bacteria, and which tests can be used to identify it. Feel free to edit this post and add more tests as this information is from a couple of sources, so it may not be comprehensive.
 
Bacteria
Test
E. coli (90% of UTIs!)
indole test
Staphylococcus saprophyticus 
(10-20% of UTIs)
?
Klebsiella
indole test, citrate test
Enterococci
PYR test?
Citrobacter
Citrate test
Proteus mirabilis









Indole negative and Nitrate reductase positive (no gas bubbles produced)
Methyl Red positive and Voges-Proskauer negative
Catalase positive and Cytochrome Oxidase negative
Urea test- positive
Casein test-negative
Starch test- negative
Citrate agar test- positive



















 ~Neta

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