chronic osteomyelitis

He suffered from chronic osteomyelitis for the last 7 years of his life.

It looks like chronic osteomyelitis but will not have a sequestrum or abscess.

It grew larger, became infected and developed into chronic osteomyelitis, a potentially fatal bone disease.

It is a chronic osteomyelitis with subperiosteal bone and collagen deposition.

Chronic osteomyelitis may be due to the presence of intracellular bacteria (inside bone cells).

Hence the difficulty in treating chronic osteomyelitis.

Untreated chronic osteomyelitis tends to feature occasional acute exacerbations.

The diagnosticians in the room suspected that the patient had a chronic osteomyelitis of the foot, with an anaerobic component accounting for the odor.

There is evidence from compassionate use cases that fusidic acid may be effective in the treatment of patients with prosthetic joint-related chronic osteomyelitis.

On histologic examination, these areas of necrotic bone are the basis for distinguishing between acute osteomyelitis and chronic osteomyelitis.

It is particularly helpful with chronic osteomyelitis, chronic ulcers, and other pus-producing infections that are frequently caused by chafing due to work equipment.

While at Johns Hopkins University in 1929, Dr. Baer introduced maggots into 21 patients with intractable chronic osteomyelitis.

Low- to medium-quality evidence is also mounting for its use in bone and joint infections, including chronic osteomyelitis, although adverse effects are a significant concern when long-term use is necessary.

Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis is a type of chronic osteomyelitis also called proliferative periostitis, periostitis ossificans and Garré's sclerosing osteomyelitis.

This type of chronic osteomyelitis of the frontal bone is confused with acute sub-periosteal abscess of the frontal bone, which presents as a discrete collection over the frontal sinus.

Acute osteomyelitis is loosely defined as OM which has been present for less than one month and chronic osteomyelitis is the term used for when the condition lasts for more than one month.

He proved that Staphylococcus aureus causes carbuncles and boils by experimenting on himself and had one condition named after himself, Garre's sclerosing osteomyelitis (sclerosing osteitis - form of chronic osteomyelitis with proliferative periostitis).

AA amyloidosis is therefore a complication of a number of inflammatory diseases and infections, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, chronic osteomyelitis, and the inheritable condition called familial Mediterranean fever.