Bacteriological studies in osteomyelitis at Faisalabad

Investigations were carried out to study the organisms associated with 80 cases of osteomyelitis at Faisalabad. Seventy eight had infection with single organism; whereas there was no growth in 2 cases. On culture, the frequency of the organisms was Staphylococcus aureus in 30 [37.5%], Streptococcus pyogenes in 28 [35%]; Escherichia coli in 16 [20%]; Salmonella in 3 [3.7%] and Proteus vulgaris in 1 [1.3%] case