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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Nagamani Ng

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Counting Bacteria Colonies

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Dr.   Tushar Kanti Biswas MD

Microbiologist: Hère is a picture of my nose (left) and throat (right) culture. I would like to Know what type of bacteria colonies it looks like and what would be recommended for treatment. Thank ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Tushar Kanti Biswas ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Indu Kumar MD

renal 0-10, mucus threads present, bacteria none seen , result 1 mixed urogenital flora less than 10,000 colonies what does this mean ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Indu Kumar ( Radiologist)
Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

tonsillectomy , the lab report showed actinomyces colonies present in my tonsils. I have spoken to my doctor ... bacteria. I have read that this requires long term antibiotic treatment even after surgery to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)
Dr.   Riddhi Shah MD

Negative Rod (A) Few Serratia liquefaciens (A) Many Viridans strep-like colonies (A) Many Coryneform bacteria (A) Few Lactose Negative Gram Negative Rod (A) Few Lactose Positive Gram Negative Rod (A) Stain ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Riddhi Shah ( ENT Specialist)
Dr.  Rakesh Madhyastha MD

bacteria sensitivity done 2 weeks ago - results were enterococcus faecalis gram positive >100,000 colonies ... , I waited 5 days and rechecked the Urinalysis results. The bacteria was still there at... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha ( Nephrologist)

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Dr.  T Chandrakant MD

Specimen Type : URINE AEROBIC Direct Smear: Many pus cells Grams Stain: No Bacterica Seen No. of Bacteria: 30,000 Colonies / m1Probably significant bacteriuria Isolation 1 : Escherichia Coli what is any... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Varinder Joshi MD

came back as FEW COLONIES STAPHYLOCOCCUS, COAGULASE NEGATIVE | FEW COLONIES ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREP. | FEW COLONIES ENTEROCOCUS FASCALIS GROUP D NO ANAEROBES ISOLATED. My varicocele was dismissed by ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Varinder Joshi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Uday Nath Sahoo MD

I believe I have a UTI. My Escherichia coli 40,000 colonies/ml and diphtheroids 1000,000 colonies/ml, gram positive rods 100,000, strepotococci non hemolytic 7000 colonies/ml . I m on antibiotics ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Uday Nath Sahoo ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani MD

/ 4x500mg a day) for asymptomatic infection. Her recent urine culture showed e-coli 50k-100k colonies/ML and ... treating the bacteria? Thank you ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Purva Patel MD

in my mouth and throat have decreased (kind of like the round distance colonies spread to cover upper mouth and Individual colonies we significantly reduced -- until this morning. There are now new ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Purva Patel ( General & Family Physician)