The key fact remains that the diagnosis and management of complicated osteomyelitis still represents a challenge for physicians. On a global scale especially, posttraumatic osteomyelitis, ...

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 ...

Syphilis should be considered in the differential diagnosis for lytic osseous lesions. The diagnosis of syphilitic osteitis can be made based on clinical, radiographic, and serologic findings, and ...

The oldest known case of a bone infection has been discovered - not in a human, but in a dinosaur. A recent study, published in the Swiss Journal of Paleontology, introduces us to a ...

Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis are two types of infections usually caused by bacteria that affect your musculoskeletal system. Septic arthritis is an infection of the lining and fluid of one or ...