My wife goes for the test called urine culture and sensitivity the report has been generated and it says "culture shows growth of escherichia coli after 48 hours of aerobic incubation at 37 degree c. And in comment it says "colony count greater than 10 to the power 5 cfu/ml' what does it means is there something serious?

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