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 ...

Osteomyelitis-related mortality rates have increased in the United States from 1999 to 2023, according to study results published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Prior research ...

Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis are two types of infections usually caused by bacteria that affect your musculoskeletal system. Septic arthritis is an infection of the lining and fluid of one or ...

An 11-year-old boy presented with a 4-month history of swelling in the left knee joint. He had a knee injury 4 months earlier, which had required a puncture. The wound was crusted and healed.

Staph (Staphylococcus aureus) is the most common germ to afflict humans, and one of the most damaging: it causes diseases like osteomyelitis (bone infection), endocarditis (heart inflammation), and ...

Infected bone defects arise in conditions such as osteomyelitis and post-traumatic bone infections, where microbial persistence and immune imbalance prevent effective healing.

Central skull base osteomyelitis is a rare, life-threatening condition that can present vague symptoms and may be missed on initial imaging. A man in his thirties presented to the emergency department ...

In individuals who have undergone knee or hip replacement surgery, clinicians are noticing increasing numbers of chronic bone infections linked to a bacterial strain commonly found on the skin. A new ...