[Urinary Staphylococcus epidermidis: a pathogen or contamination?].
The alleged pathogenity of Staphylococcus epidermidis for the human urinary tract has been investigated statistically. The finding of this microbe in the urinary bladder punctate (678 suprapubic bladder aspirations) or in conventional urine sampling in the concentration greater than or equal to 10(4) microbes/ml (416 urine samples) shows no statistically significant correlation with the clinical signs of urinary tract disease.
D006801:Humans; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*
Staphylococcus epidermidis im Harn: ein Pathogen oder eine Kontamination?