Comparison of different isolation media for recovery of urine pathogens
| Isolation medium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organism | Total | CLED | Uriselect 4 | CPS ID 2 |
| Acinetobacter spp | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Aerococcus viridans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Candida spp | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Citrobacter diversus | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Citrobacter freundii | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 156 | 119 | 155 | 152 |
| Enterococcus faecium | 22 | 20 | 21 | 20 |
| Escherichia coli | 351 | 344 | 347 | 348 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 24 | 21 | 24 | 24 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 68 | 61 | 68 | 67 |
| Morganella morganii | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Proteus mirabilis | 54 | 49 | 53 | 52 |
| Proteus penneri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Proteus vulgaris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Providencia stuartii | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 20 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
| Serratia spp | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Other coagulase negative staphylococci | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Total strains recovered | 811 | 737 | 797 | 789 |
| Total strains not recovered | 74 | 14 | 22 | |
| % Strains recovered | 90.9 | 98.3 | 97.3 | |