What is Osteomyelitis?

What is Osteomyelitis?

• Osteomyelitis: A bone inflammation caused by bacteria. The inflammation usually originates in another part of the body and is transported to the bone via the blood.
• Osteomyelitis: an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection).
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Osteomyelitis: Introduction

Types of Osteomyelitis:

Types of Osteomyelitis:

• Acute osteomyelitis
• Chronic osteomyelitis
• Spinal osteomyelitis
• Bacterial osteomyelitis
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Broader types of Osteomyelitis:

• Spinal conditions
• Bone conditions
• Bone Marrow Conditions
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Bone or skeletal conditions
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How serious is Osteomyelitis?

Complications of Osteomyelitis: see complications of Osteomyelitis

What causes Osteomyelitis?

Causes of Osteomyelitis: see causes of Osteomyelitis
Cause of Osteomyelitis: Usually bacterial infection such as staphyloccus.
Risk factors for Osteomyelitis: see risk factors for Osteomyelitis

What are the symptoms of Osteomyelitis?

Symptoms of Osteomyelitis: see symptoms of Osteomyelitis

Complications of Osteomyelitis: see complications of Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Osteomyelitis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Osteomyelitis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Osteomyelitis: see treatments for Osteomyelitis
Research for Osteomyelitis: see research for Osteomyelitis

Society issues for Osteomyelitis

Hospitalization statistics for Osteomyelitis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Osteomyelitis:

• 0.033% (4,224) of hospital consultant episodes were for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 80% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 64% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 36% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 54% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 16.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Osteomyelitis:

Organs and body systems related to Osteomyelitis include:

• Bone
• Bone marrow
• Spine

Name and Aliases of Osteomyelitis

Main name of condition: Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Osteomyelitis:

• Involucrum
• Sequestrum
• Septic arthritis
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Flucloxacillin
• Femur
• Tibia
• Tuberculosis
• Amputation

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