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Diseases » Osteomyelitis » Summary
 

What is Osteomyelitis?

What is Osteomyelitis?

  • Osteomyelitis: A bone inflammation caused by bacteria. The inflammation usually originates in another part of the body and is transported to the bone via the blood.
  • Osteomyelitis: an inflammation of bone and bone marrow (usually caused by bacterial infection).
    Source - WordNet 2.1

Osteomyelitis: Introduction

Types of Osteomyelitis:

Types of Osteomyelitis:

  • Acute osteomyelitis
  • Chronic osteomyelitis
  • Spinal osteomyelitis
  • Bacterial osteomyelitis
  • more types...»

Broader types of Osteomyelitis:

How serious is Osteomyelitis?

Complications of Osteomyelitis: see complications of Osteomyelitis

What causes Osteomyelitis?

Causes of Osteomyelitis: see causes of Osteomyelitis
Cause of Osteomyelitis: Usually bacterial infection such as staphyloccus.
Risk factors for Osteomyelitis: see risk factors for Osteomyelitis

What are the symptoms of Osteomyelitis?

Symptoms of Osteomyelitis: see symptoms of Osteomyelitis

Complications of Osteomyelitis: see complications of Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Osteomyelitis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Osteomyelitis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Osteomyelitis: see treatments for Osteomyelitis
Research for Osteomyelitis: see research for Osteomyelitis

Society issues for Osteomyelitis


Hospitalization statistics for Osteomyelitis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Osteomyelitis:

  • 0.033% (4,224) of hospital consultant episodes were for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 80% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 64% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 36% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 54% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 16.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 8 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Osteomyelitis:

Organs and body systems related to Osteomyelitis include:

Name and Aliases of Osteomyelitis

Main name of condition: Osteomyelitis

Other names or spellings for Osteomyelitis:

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