Table 1 Recurrence of E. coli strains in patient UTI343 treated with phosphomycin (summary of results)

From: Possible role of L-form switching in recurrent urinary tract infection

Donation

CFU/ml routine culture

L-forms observed

Treatment for UTI

Strains identified by routine culture

Strains identified following filtration

1

7 × 104

YES

A

ST144

 

2

1 × 105

YES

 

ST144

ST144

3

1 × 105

YES

 

ST144

ST144

4

1 × 105

YES

 

ST144

 

5

300

YES

C

ST144

ST782

ST144

ST782

6

CLEAR

YES

Pho

  

7

1 × 105

YES

 

ST144

 

8

1 × 105

YES

 

ST144

ST144

9

1 × 105

YES

 

ST144

 

10

1 × 105

YES

 

ST144

 

11

5 × 104

YES

C

ST144

ST782

ST782

12

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

  1. First column indicates donation number. Second column contains the number of E. coli bacteria detected in each sample by a routine clinical culture method. Column three indicates whether structures reassembling L-forms were detectable by phase contrast microscopy in the urine samples immediately after they arrived at the lab. Column four shows whether the patient was treated with antibiotics for UTI: A-amoxicillin, C-cephalexin, Pho-phosphomycin. Column five shows which strains were identified by MLST in the samples from routine culture. Column six shows which strains were identified by MLST in the samples cultured following filtration
  2. ND not done (sample not provided for this study)
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