My Broth Culture Test Results Are In

[Portia17]

HI

I got the answer you and I have all been waiting for.

I have strep group D - enteroccus recovered and I need antibiotics for 2 weeks. It also lists what antibiotics I should take and ones I should never take. I just called Virginia - United Medical Labs and he said the urologist should know the dose to give me (yeah we shall see)

Then he said I should do another test after two weeks of antibiotics.

I wonder if my urologist will do it or do I have to pay another 129.00 again. I will ask on Monday

Well that is it for now

Mary

[tigger_gal]

ok what dose this mean?????? lol............
you have strep group D enteroccus. Is this a type of an infection? did they send you an explaination of this.. and I hate to ask, but, can you copy it so I can read it..
129.00 whew... wonder why they didn't tell you what meds and send it to you for that price.. I hope you don't have to pay again?
thanks for letting us know,,, but I'm like johnny 5 on short circut... need more imput
Brat

[kelly McC]

Thats intersting. 129.00 WOW the one I was going to send mine too is 35.00 I wonder why so much ??? I am glad you got some answers hope your urologist is able to help...
Kelly

[Indy]

That is an extremely common normal vaginal bacteria. If the specimen wasn't taken by a catheter, it doesn't prove you have an infection. A urinalysis must also indicate white blood cells.

[Portia17]

It if is extremely common normal vaginal bacteria how come the doctors don't do this test to find this out and give appropiate medication?

[kelly McC]

Does anyone know how come its so expensive??

[Portia17]

Brat

It means it is a bacterial infection and as for the 129.00 my insurance company reimburses me so I have no problem with that

Also, the antibiotics he listed is for each individual person based on your urine. There is ia lost of some that I can take and then there was one where I would get a reaction

[Indy]

It's not considered a pathogen so it isn't tested for or ignored on a urine culture.

I'm just learning all this after seeing 2 infectious disease doctors because I thought I had 7 bladder infections in 1 year. I also sent my urine for a broth culture and it came back group strep B which is not a bladder infection.

The infectious disease doctors both said, after looking at my culture and urinalysis reports, that I never had an infection and was needlessly given antibiotics for a year.

They said the only true way is catheter specimens because the urine always touches the vaginal tissues and is hard to get a "clean" catch.

I can understand your wanting to find and treat something so your pain will go away. I'm still trying to digest this new information.

[Portia17]

Indy

You said you had strep B and mine says strep D. Do you know what the difference is?Did you try the antibiotics? I just want to know because I dont want the antibiotics for nothing and I then assume I will still be the way I am after I take them

According to this report:
one says 105 culture, urine voided with colony count and senstitivity and positive for strep group d
Other part of the test says culture, urine broth method - positive for strep group d.

I mean I am trying to figure out how long I had this and if I take antibiotics it will go away (like my pains). I am getting more confused every minute

Thanks for your help

KELLY - I don't know why it is expensive but this lab and Dr Toth in california both had the same price 129.00

[dancemomof2]

Group B Strep is also a normal vaginal strain, all pregnant women are tested for it now and it is also a very common strain of strep. I had group b with 1 pregnancy and not the other 2.

[dancemomof2]

GROUP B

Group B strep (GBS) most often affects pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and chronically ill adults.

Since first emerging in the 1970s, GBS has been the primary cause of life-threatening illness and death in newborns. GBS exists in the reproductive tract of 20-25% of all pregnant women. Although no more than 2% of these women develop invasive infection, 40-73% transmit bacteria to their babies during delivery.

About 12,000 of the 3.5 million babies born in the United States each year develop GBS disease in infancy. About 75% of them develop early-onset infection. Sometimes evident within a few hours of birth and always apparent within the first week of life, this condition causes inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord (meningitis), pneumonia, blood infection (sepsis) and other problems.

Late-onset GBS develops between the ages of seven days and three months. It often causes meningitis. About half of all cases of this rare condition can be traced to mothers who are GBS carriers. The cause of the others is unknown.

GBS has also been linked to a history of breast cancer

[dancemomof2]

GROUP D

Group D strep (GDS) is a common cause of wound infections in hospital patients. GDS is also associated with:


abnormal growth of tissue in the gastrointestinal tract


urinary tract infection (UTI)


womb infections in women who have just given birth

[Portia17]

Leslie

Is Group D bad?? Like deadly? That is what I have
I had my gallbladder removed in July 2004 and then i.c. September 2004

I am so mixed up

Thanks for your help Lesley

[dancemomof2]

http://www.moonstar.com/~icickay/articles/bacteria_ic.pdf#search='broth%20%20urine%20cultures'

This explains a broth culture also

Mary,

i also had Group D after my last C-section. I was treated with heavy duty IV antibiotic, only because I was in the hospital anyway and instead of giving me another pill they just IV'd them.
It is very treatable with antibiotics, you'll be just fine. Nothing to worry, i am sure yournew uro will help you on Monday.

Leslie

[Portia17]

Leslie:

Thanks for much for ALL your help and research.

YOU ARE THE BEST AS ALWAYS,

HUGS