"Osteomyelitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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INFLAMMATION of the bone as a result of infection. It may be caused by a variety of infectious agents, especially pyogenic (PUS - producing) BACTERIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D010019
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.160.495 C05.116.165.495
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteomyelitis" by people in Profiles.
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Acute musculoskeletal infection in children: assessment and management. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2023 Jun 02; 84(6):1-6.
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A retrospective clinico-pathologic analysis of cemento-osseous dysplasia in a South African patient population. Afr Health Sci. 2019 Dec; 19(4):3154-3159.
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Epidemiology of acute osteoarticular sepsis in a setting with a high prevalence of pediatric HIV infection. J Pediatr Orthop. 2012 Mar; 32(2):215-9.
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Cortical hyperostosis in an infant on prolonged prostaglandin infusion: case report and literature review. J Perinatol. 2004 Apr; 24(4):263-5.