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Is gbs a second cause of my uti? culture results: 10,000 cfu/ml streptococcus group b, (s. agalactiae) and >100,000 cfu/ml escherichia coli

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Dr. Mazen Kherallah answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Contamination: Urinary tract infection is usually a single organism. GBS is a normal organism of the vagina. In your case, it is likely that e. coli is the responsible organism for your UTI and GBS is just a contaminant especially that the count is 10,000

Answered 11/5/2019

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