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Medscape Viewpoint on article Prolonged Intravenous Therapy Versus Early Transition to Oral Antimicrobial Therapy for Acute Osteomyelitis in Children
Zaoutis T, Localio AR, Leckerman K, Saddlemire S, Bertoch D, Keren R Pediatrics. 2009;123:636-642
The study authors note that osteomyelitis, bacterial infection of bone, causes approximately 1% of all pediatric hospitalizations. Current recommendations...

A 32-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for a refractory ulcer in her back. She had a history of myelomeningocele with spina bifida that was treated surgically at birth. The ulcer was located at the apex of the kyphosis. An X-ray film revealed a kyphosis of 154 between L1...

Singapore Med J 2002 Vol 43(4) : 205-207
Management of Pathological Fracture Neck of the Femur Following Recent Osteomyelitis in a Child A S Devnani
ABSTRACT Fracture neck of the femur is rare in children and occurs following severe trauma(1-5). Several recommendations have been made for the treatment of displaced transcervical fracture type II (Delbet classification)(1,2,5-8). However there are no...

from Medscape Critical Care Osteomyelitis and MRSA? Question What are the antibiotics of choice for treatment of chronic bone infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)? Response from Greg S. Martin, MD Assistant Professor, Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine; Director, Emory Pulmonary Clinic, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia The treatment...

* site: junction of metaphysis + epiphysis
* types:
o pyogenic (Staph. aureus)
o TB
o syphilis
...

ACP Medicine Online Posted 06/07/2006 Layne O. Gentry, MD
Brief accounts of -
Hematogenous osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis Associated with Vascular Insufficiency

Author: Randall W King, MD & David Johnson, MD, FACEP
Background: Osteomyelitis is an acute or chronic inflammatory process of the bone and its structures secondary to infection with pyogenic organisms.
Pathophysiology: The infection associated with osteomyelitis may be localized or it may spread through the periosteum, cortex, marrow, and cancellous tissue....

Osteomyelitis is an acute or chronic inflammatory process of the bone and its structures secondary to infection with pyogenic organisms.[Categories]