Research Article
Prevalence of Bacterial Contamination of Casting Material in a Pediatric Population
Table 1
Identification of bacteria within casts.
| | Bacteria | # of samples | % of samples |
| | Staphylococcus hominis | 39 | 48.15 | | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 24 | 29.63 | | Micrococcus luteus | 21 | 25.93 | | Enterobacter cloacae | 13 | 16.05 | | Acinetobacter baumannii | 12 | 14.81 | | Acinetobacter pittii | 10 | 12.35 | | Cornyebacterium afermentans | 5 | 6.17 | | Staphylococcus xylosus | 5 | 6.17 | | Bacillus megaterium | 4 | 4.94 | | Pseudomonas monteilii | 4 | 4.94 | | Arthrobacter creatinolyticus | 3 | 3.70 | | Enterobacter hormaechei | 3 | 3.70 | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 3 | 3.70 | | Staphylococcus capitis | 3 | 3.70 | | Staphylococcus pettenkoferi | 3 | 3.70 | | Staphylococcus sciuri | 3 | 3.70 | | Acinetobacter nosocomialis | 2 | 2.47 | | Bacillus cereus | 2 | 2.47 | | Bacillus safensis | 2 | 2.47 | | Citrobacter koseri | 2 | 2.47 | | Enterobacter asburiae | 2 | 2.47 | | Erwinia sp | 2 | 2.47 | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 2 | 2.47 | | Leclercia adecarboxylata | 2 | 2.47 | | Micobacterium arborescens | 2 | 2.47 | | Micrococcus lylae | 2 | 2.47 | | Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 2 | 2.47 | | Stentrophomonas maltophilia | 2 | 2.47 | | Wautersiella falsenii | 2 | 2.47 | | Acinetobacter johnsonii | 1 | 1.23 | | Acinetobacter iwoffii | 1 | 1.23 | | Acinetobacter junii | 1 | 1.23 | | Acinetobacter radioresistens | 1 | 1.23 | | Acinetobacter schindleri | 1 | 1.23 | | Alcaligenes faecalis | 1 | 1.23 | | Bacillus indicus | 1 | 1.23 | | Bacillus pumilus | 1 | 1.23 | | Brevundimonas diminunta | 1 | 1.23 | | Cornyebacterium jeikeium | 1 | 1.23 | | Cornyebacterium minutussumum | 1 | 1.23 | | Cornebacterium multifaciens | 1 | 1.23 | | Curtobacterium albidum | 1 | 1.23 | | Enterobacter cowanii | 1 | 1.23 | | Enterobacter ludwigii | 1 | 1.23 | | Enterococcus casseliflavus | 1 | 1.23 | | Kocuria rhizophila | 1 | 1.23 | | Microbacterium testaceum | 1 | 1.23 | | Ochrobactrum intermedium | 1 | 1.23 | | Ooligella urethralis | 1 | 1.23 | | Pantoea dispersa | 1 | 1.23 | | Pseudomonas fluva | 1 | 1.23 | | Pseudomonas oryzihabitans | 1 | 1.23 | | Pseudomonas putida | 1 | 1.23 | | Pseudomonas equi | 1 | 1.23 | | Rhodococcus equi | 1 | 1.23 | | Shewanella Baltica | 1 | 1.23 | | Staphylococcus cohnii | 1 | 1.23 | | Staphylococcus condimenti | 1 | 1.23 | | Staphylococcus equrum | 1 | 1.23 | | Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 1 | 1.23 | | Staphylococcus simulans | 1 | 1.23 |
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