Pyogenic Osteomyelitis Causative Bacteria Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for 80% to 90% of the infections where the organism is recovered.

The recognition of pyogenic osteomyelitis in patients with sickle-cell anemia may be difficult because fever and pain and swelling in the extremities, as well as leukocytosis, occur in both diseases.

Intraoperatively, copious amounts of gelatinous tissue emanated from the calcaneus, atypical for pyogenic osteomyelitis. Pathology of the material showed chronic necrotizing granulomatous inflammation ...

Healio: This is the second consensus statement issued by the group following last year’s guidance on pyogenic osteomyelitis in adults. Are WikiGuidelines intended to be living documents?

Paper Cited: “Use of Novel Strategies to Develop Guidelines for Management of Pyogenic Osteomyelitis in Adults,” JAMA Network Open. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.11321 ...

Are surgical site infections common after myomectomy? This new study looks at a case of a pyogenic cervical cyst with endometriosis developing many years post-surgery.

Study design: A case report of pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis (PVO) presenting as single collapsed vertebral body without narrowing of the intervertebral disc space, and review of the literature ...

Pyogenic granulomas are common skin growths that mainly affect children and pregnant women. They’re small, round, and usually bloody-red in color. They tend to bleed because they contain a large ...