Raheel Akbar Baloch
Consultant Orthopedic, Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, PakistanPublications
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Research
Osteomyelitis in Pediatric Patients, Isolation of Most Common Bacteria: Our Hospital Study
Author(s): Najeeb ur Rehman, Raheel Akbar Baloch, Muhammad Faraz Jokhio, Ajmal Khan Silro, Niaz Hussain Keerio*, Mohsin Aijaz Soomro and Syed Shahid Noor
Introduction: Osteomyelitis is a kind of bone infection. Though bacteria are the most common cause, fungus may also play a role. Prognosis of untreated or delayed treatment onset osteomyelitis is often bad and leads to adverse outcomes. Very few Research articles of osteomyelitis are reported from Pakistan as compared to other infectious conditions. In this study we aim to study the number of patients, male: female ratio, type of osteomyelitis and the bacterial profile associated with osteomyelitis. Methods: After obtaining Institutional Ethics approval, the present study was conducted from January 2019 to January 2020 at Orthopaedic department of Peoples University of health and Sciences for Women Nawabshah Pakistan. Blood and sample like fluid aspirate or discharge collected was subjected to microscopy and culture. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done using disk diffusion meth.. Read More»