Polymicrobial urine cultures: reconciling contamination with the urobiome while recognizing the pathogens

Polymicrobial or mixed urine cultures of more than one predominant microbe confound clinical urinary tract infection diagnosis. The current College of American Pathologists clinical laboratory standard states that a urine sample cultured with more than two isolates with >10,000 colony forming...

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Main Authors: Robert B. Moreland, Linda Brubaker, Alan J. Wolfe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2025.1562687/full
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