Osteomyelitis is an infection in your bone. Osteomyelitis in your foot or ankle often develops because you have a wound on your foot that isn’t healing. You can develop osteomyelitis even if you can’t ...

Figure 1. Clinical and radiological illustration of Tibia pandiaphysitis.

In a small study of diabetic patients presenting with a foot ulcer and no signs of soft-tissue infection, bone infection was safely and accurately diagnosed in a 2-step method that included less ...

In their study, British researchers retrospectively reviewed a series of 167 pediatric patients treated for chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis. Over 4 years, 167 children were treated for chronic ...

Staph (Staphylococcus aureus) is the most common germ to afflict humans, and one of the most damaging: it causes diseases ...

Using bioactive glass to treat chronic bone infections can eliminate the need for local antibiotics during the procedure, according to a study recently published in Advances in Experimental Medicine ...

As an Infectious Disease physician, I see many patients with osteomyelitis, or infection of the bone. It’s a common infection especially in patients with diabetes, poor circulation, and following ...

Contiguous focus osteomyelitis (see table 1) is difficult to treat because bone necrosis, loss of bone stability and soft tissue damage occur frequently. Surgical debridement of infected bone and soft ...

The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a major pathogen has led to more complications and longer hospital stays for children with acute bone infections. The emergence of ...

About a quarter of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis bacteria, according to the World Health Organization, but only about 5 to 10% of those infected will develop symptoms. These ...