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Case Reports
. 2012 Mar;50(3):1086-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.06027-11. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

Recurrent urinary infection with Bifidobacterium scardovii

Claudia M Barberis  1 , Roxana M Cittadini, Marisa N Almuzara, Alejandro Feinsilberg, Angela M Famiglietti, Maria Soledad Ramírez, Carlos A Vay
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Recurrent urinary infection with Bifidobacterium scardovii

Claudia M Barberis et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Mar.

Abstract

Bifidobacterium species are difficult to identify and may be underreported or not recovered by many laboratories because of their slow growth. We emphasize the importance of the Gram stain in urine samples and the addition of enriched media and enhanced atmosphere over time for urine cultures with pyuria. This is the first report of a Bifidobacterium scardovii recurrent urinary infection in an elderly woman.

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Gram stain of urine showing irregularly shaped Gram-positive rods of Bifidobacterium scardovii.
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