Effective July 15, 2024, Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. (CPL) will be implementing new colony count reporting ranges for urine culture results. The new ranges will simplify reporting and will more closely comply with guidelines recommended by the American Society of Microbiology and the Infectious Disease Society of America.
Urine cultures are laboratory tests used to detect bacteria, yeast, or other microorganisms in the urine. These cultures help identify the specific type of microorganism responsible for an infection, which is essential for determining the most effective treatment. Urine cultures are commonly used to diagnose urinary tract infections, such as bladder infections, and may also be performed post-treatment to ensure the infection-causing microorganisms have been eradicated.
| Urine Colony Counts | <10,000 CFU/mL | <10,000 CFU/mL |
| 10-50,000 CFU/mL | 10-100,000 CFU/mL | |
| 50-100,000 CFU/mL | ||
| 100,000 CFU/mL | 100,000 CFU/mL | |
| Current | New |
|---|
| 6049 | CULTURE, URINE |
| 6029 | URINE CULTURE ONLY, NO SENSITIVITY |
| 6094 | CULTURE, URINE, CATHETER |
| 6088 | URINE CULTURE, PENICILLIN ALLERGIC |
| Order Code | Name |
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References:
Ellen Jo Baron, J. Michael Miller, Melvin P. Weinstein, Sandra S. Richter, Peter H. Gilligan, Richard B. Thomson, Paul Bourbeau, Karen C. Carroll, Sue C. Kehl, W. Michael Dunne, Barbara Robinson-Dunn, Joseph D. Schwartzman, Kimberle C. Chapin, James W. Snyder, Betty A. Forbes, Robin Patel, Jon E. Rosenblatt, Bobbi S. Pritt, A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2013 Recommendations by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM)a, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 57, Issue 4, 15 August 2013, Pages e22–e121, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit278
https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/urine-culture