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Can bacterial load or CT values be used to determine if a microbe should be considered as an infection vs colonization? An interesting article discusses these points.

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References

  1. C.C. Tam, V. Offeddu, K.B. Anderson, A.L. Weg, L.R. Macareo, D.W. Ellison, R. Rangsin, S. Fernandez, R.V. Gibbons, I. Yoon, and S. Simasathien, "Association between semi-quantitative microbial load and respiratory symptoms among Thai military recruits: a prospective cohort study", BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 18, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3358-4