Osteomyelitis

The prevalence of serious head and neck infections among children doubled from 2021 to 2023, according to findings published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

Osteomyelitis is a microbial infection of the bone. Pediatric osteomyelitis is common and has increased with time.

The U.S. government is offering its fifth round of free at-home tests for COVID-19, with four tests per household available at COVIDTests.gov as of Monday, Sept. 25.

Accelerated severity of illness score may provide an enhanced predictive model for cases of complicated osteomyelitis in children, according to data presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting.

BoneSupport has announced FDA market authorization of the Cerament G bone graft for patients with osteomyelitis, according to a press release.

The duration of antibiotic treatment for diabetic foot osteomyelitis can safely and effectively be reduced from 6 to 3 weeks, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

An international team of researchers has identified key clinical features of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis to help develop vital classification criteria.

Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteomyelitis — collectively known as SAPHO syndrome — in pustular psoriasis remains for most rheumatologists a rare enigma with an unclear pathogenesis, according to Philip Helliwell, PhD, DM, BM BCh, FRCP, MA, of the University of Leeds.

MAUI, Hawaii — Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis may now be referred to as chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis and can present clinicians with a number of challenges in diagnosis and management, according to a presenter at the 2020 Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium.

Children with either inflammatory bowel disease, chronic noninfectious osteomyelitis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis developed psoriasis at an increased rate compared with the general public, with the highest rates seen among those treated with TNF inhibitors, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.