Case Study #4 Setting: Warsaw Bielany Hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Subjects: 2522 urine cultures from children admitted to the Department of Pediatrics with varying severities of urinary tract infections from January 2004 to December 2006. Quantitative analysis was performed on the samples collected and the results analyzed. The results follow for one of the three most commonly identified organisms that were found in the collected samples... Key to Media Used in Case Studies (in picture left to right) Phenol Red Glucose Phenol Red Sucrose Results holds for lactose too Phenol Red Xylose SIM Read as Sulfur / Indole Lysine Decarboxylase Ornithine Decarboxylase Methyl Red Vogues-Proskauer Urea Simmon’s Citrate Nutrient Gelatin Results of Inoculated Media A B C D E F G H I J K Based on the results of the media shown above, determine the causative agent of the infection. Use the figures in this presentation or in your lab manual for identification.
Case Study #4
Setting: Warsaw Bielany Hospital in Warsaw, Poland.
Subjects: 2522 urine cultures from children admitted to the Department of Pediatrics with varying severities of urinary tract infections from January 2004 to December 2006.
Quantitative analysis was performed on the samples collected and the results analyzed. The results follow for one of the three most commonly identified organisms that were found in the collected samples...
Key to Media Used in Case Studies (in picture left to right)
- Phenol Red Glucose
- Phenol Red Sucrose
- Results holds for lactose too
- Phenol Red Xylose
- SIM
- Read as Sulfur / Indole
- Lysine Decarboxylase
- Ornithine Decarboxylase
- Methyl Red
- Vogues-Proskauer
- Urea
- Simmon’s Citrate
- Nutrient Gelatin
Results of Inoculated Media
A B C D E F G H I J K
Based on the results of the media shown above, determine the causative agent of the infection. Use the figures in this presentation or in your lab manual for identification.
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