Osteomyelitis

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Clinic

  • OM is an infection of bone
  • The cause is usually a bacterial infection, but rarely can be a fungal infection
  • Symptoms may include pain in a specific bone with overlying redness, fever, and weakness and inability to walk
  • Enlarged lymph nodes may be present.
  • Osteomyelitis is an infective process that encompasses all of the bone (osseous) components, including the bone marrow.

When it is chronic, it can lead to bone sclerosis and deformity.


Causes

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Enterobacter species
  • Group A and B Streptococcus species
  • Enterobacter or Streptococcus species
  • Salmonella species
  • Systemic mycotic infections may also cause osteomyelitis.(Blastomyces dermatitidis and Coccidioides immitis)
  • Tuberculosis


Miasms

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