What is osteomyelitis?

➢ Can result from a penetrating injury with the introduction of organisms, usually bacteria, into the bones. ➢ Manifests as a primary solitary focus of disease. ➢ More commonly Osteomyelitis may be a complication of any systemic infection ➢ In children, most bone infections, happen mainly in the metaphyseal region (the greatest blood flow) ➢ Osteomyelitis in adults most often begins in the epiphyseal and subchondral locations. ➢ It causes bone destruction with the appearance of a bone sequestration and a reactive bone on the periphery