noun
definition
An infection of the bone
Examples of osteomyelitis in a Sentence
A clinical sign of underlying osteomyelitis in diabetic patients.
Osteonecrosis of the jaw is generally associated with tooth extraction and / or local infection (including osteomyelitis ).
We think that she probably had osteomyelitis (infection in the bone) and this made her feet achy at times.
The procedure must be performed under sterile conditions to avoid causing osteomyelitis.
If vertebral osteomyelitis is present the longer durations of therapy will be required.
This patient was diagnosed as having chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO ).
Blood cultures are highly specific but not sensitive as they may isolate the responsive organism in about 50% of acute osteomyelitis 6.
Infection of the pubic bones is rare, accounting for less than 1% of cases of haematogenous osteomyelitis 4.
Left untreated, however, it may develop into a serious disease, including osteomyelitis (bone infection), septic arthritis (joint infection), or pneumonia.
In children, these systemic (affecting the whole body) or disseminated infections frequently affect the ends of the long bones of the arms or legs, causing a bone infection called osteomyelitis.
Infections of the bones and joints leading to arthritis or osteomyelitis.
The child has two or more deep-seated infections (meningitis, osteomyelitis, sepsis, or cellulitis).
Streptococci, meningococci, and Haemophilus influenzae, organisms that cause diseases such as otitis media, sinusitis, pneumonia, meningitis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and sepsis, all make capsules.