Identification of a single potential pathogen in numbers as low as 200 cfu/mL may be significant, such as in acute urethral syndrome, but requests for culture results reports of <10 000 cfu/mL should be coordinated with the laboratory so that an appropriate volume of urine can be procesed.
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A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases: 2013 recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)(a).
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