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Background: Urinary tract infection may be one of the nosocomial infection among orthopedic trauma patient
Objective: To find out the microbial profile of culture positive urine samples from patients of orthopedics ward
Methodology: Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Study was conducted from 1 January to 31 August 2015 at department of Microbiology, Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan. Data was taken from culture positive urine samples received from the department of Orthopedics of Ghurki trust and Teaching Hospital. All samples were inoculated on both blood and MacConkey agar. Total 140 culture positive samples were included in this study. Data was entered and analyzed by using SPSS version 20
Results: Out of 140 culture positive urine samples, 46 [32.85%] were found out to be E.coli. It was followed by 24 [17.1%] each of Candida and Acinetobacter species. Pseudomonas was found in 16 [11.42%] cases. Other pathogens isolated were 10 [7.1%] of Klebsiella species, 12 [8.57%] of Proteus species and 8 [5.71%] of Staph. Aureus
Conclusion: E.Coli was found to be in highest number as a cause of nosocomial UTI followed by Acinetobacter, Candida and Pseudomonas
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Background: After the loss of natural teeth, dental prosthesis is of vital importance for the functional and esthetic restoration. Denture wearing is accepted as a pre disposing factor for oral candidiasis
Objective: To compare the candidal growth before and after the insertion of complete dentures
Materials and Methods: A total of forty patients wearing complete denture were included in this cross-sectional study. This study was conducted from 15[th] January, 2009 to 15[th] January, 2010 at department of Prosthodontics Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore. They were asked to rinse their mouth with 10ml of saline in fasting condition. The rinse was centrifuged and the deposit was sent to the Microbiology Laboratory for evaluation. The data was entered and analyzed in SPSS version 13
Results: At the time of insertion the candidal count zero in all patients and after one month of wearing denture 35% of the patients showed oral candidal growth. [P= 0.000]
Conclusion: The results of present study revealed that there is a significant quantitative increase in on the candidal count after complete denture wearing
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The rate of MRSA in increasing in hospitalized patients all over the world. The present study is done to find out the prevalence of MRSA in a peripheral hospital of Lahore over a period of one year from January to December 2009. Study was done by finding out percentage of MRSA among all the Staphylococcus aureus isolated from admitted patients of Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital. Results show that 50% of all the S. aureus were MRSA