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- Title
Osteomyelitis in Children from Rural Population of Uttar Pradesh.
- Authors
Kumar, Dinesh; Mehrishi, Priya; Faujdar, Sameer Singh; Kumar, Satish; Sharma, Amisha
- Abstract
Occurrence of Staphylococcus aureus in children with osteomyelitis. This study was conducted at K. M. M. C. & Hospital, Mathura (UP). A total of 60 patients with osteomyelitis contributed to this study from October 2017 to October 2019. Patients with known immunodeficiency syndromes were excluded. Specimen collections were meticulously performed to avoid contamination which was accomplished by needle aspiration or surgical sampling. Staphylococcus aureus was recovered in more than half of the cases of osteomyelitis in both infants and children. Amikacin, Clindamycin and Cefazolin were effective in such cases. The distal end of the femur and upper-end tibia were the most common sites of infection where boys were more infected than girls. The haematogenous route was the main cause of the transmission of osteomyelitis in children. Principally Staphylococcus aureus causes the majority of cases of osteomyelitis in children followed by H. influenza, Group B Streptococcus, P. aeruginosa, E. coli and Serratia marcescens.
- Subjects
MATHURA (India); UTTAR Pradesh (India); RURAL population; RURAL children; STREPTOCOCCUS agalactiae; OSTEOMYELITIS; METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus
- Publication
Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology, 2021, Vol 15, Issue 3, p1320
- ISSN
0973-7510
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22207/JPAM.15.3.22