RESUMEN
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