Hey David,
In our lab,we work up > or = to 10 colonies of gram negative rods.We don't have to have an overwheliming amount.I guess all the labs are different.
Now with what you are saying,would there be less than 10 colonies in RA?
Just curious.I don't usually see Proteus that much in such low amounts in the urine.
We don't use the "No significant growth" comment either.We have "Mixed flora" which is usually coag negative staph,diphtheroids,etc.
And "No growth",which I thought was kinda funny because they have us say "mixed" even if it is one type of "normal flora"
Shauna
