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Should I Be Worried About Enterococci In Urine Culture Report?

My doctor was in operation theater when I visited him and could not meet him. Since tomorrow is christmas, he will be on leave and I can see him only on thursday. I have my urine culture report and it says Growth: Significant Organism Grown: Enterococci Is this serious?
Mon, 21 Apr 2014
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Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal, MD.

Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query

Enterococci may be occasionally a normal constituent or a normal pathogen that may be found in the body. However the fact that the report says that the bacteria is present in significant amounts means that the report has to be taken seriously.

I would have personally suggested a course of antibiotics as suggested by the cultures and then have the tests of urine routine and culture repeated in a few days time- 7 to 10 days - to make sure that the treatment is being effective

I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further. Best of luck.

I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.

Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.

Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
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Should I Be Worried About Enterococci In Urine Culture Report?

Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal, MD. Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query Enterococci may be occasionally a normal constituent or a normal pathogen that may be found in the body. However the fact that the report says that the bacteria is present in significant amounts means that the report has to be taken seriously. I would have personally suggested a course of antibiotics as suggested by the cultures and then have the tests of urine routine and culture repeated in a few days time- 7 to 10 days - to make sure that the treatment is being effective I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further. Best of luck. I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you. Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination. Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)