The first-ever study to compare the use of antibiotics with surgery for the treatment of diabetic foot osteomyelitis has found that the 2 approaches provide similar outcomes in terms of healing rates, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Osteomyelitis is treated by an orthopaedic surgeon, but it should be managed by a multidisciplinary team including infectious disease specialists, surgeons and reconstructive surgeons along with ...

Children with osteomyelitis -- a serious bacterial bone infection -- who were discharged from the hospital to complete several weeks of outpatient antibiotic therapy with an oral medication did not ...

The current study is the first reported attempt in the medical literature to compare the treatment of DFO with antibiotic therapy exclusively to treatment with surgery followed by a short ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Osteomyelitis is a microbial infection of the bone. Pediatric osteomyelitis is common and has increased with ...

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 ...

Retropharyngeal abscesses are rare in adults and often associated with immunocompromised states or complications from foreign body ingestion. This case report highlights an unusual presentation of ...

DALLAS – June 30, 2008 – The emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a major pathogen has led to more complications and longer hospital stays for children with acute bone ...