Diabetic foot osteomyelitis represents a serious complication of diabetes, arising from the spread of infection to bone and warranting timely and accurate diagnosis to guide therapy and prevent ...

Study authors say the consequences of misdiagnosing osteomyelitis can be severe in the disease setting of sickle cell disease (SCD). Vaso-occlusive crisis is considered the most common manifestation ...

S. aureus causes profound changes in bone remodeling during infection. James Cassat, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues developed micro-CT imaging methods to view the infected mouse femur (gray) and to ...

Osteomyelitis is an inflammation of bone marrow that begins as a bacterial infection and can cause significant bone damage. The condition tends to progress to an area surrounding the bone known as the ...

Osteomyelitis is a microbial infection of the bone. Pediatric osteomyelitis is common and has increased with time. The average incidence of acute osteomyelitis is eight to 10 per 100,000 children in ...