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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The annual incidence of pediatric osteomyelitis is approximately 13 per 100,000 individuals. [1]
Age
- Osteomyelitis occurs all patient age groups.
- Hematogenous osteomyelitis occurs predominantly in children and elderly patients.
- The most common form of the disease in adults is osteomyleitis due to contiguous infection, resulting from trauma or surgery.
Gender
- Hematogenous osteomyelitis occurs more commonly in males for unknown reasons.[2]
Race
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
References
- ↑ Riise, Oystein R; Kirkhus, Eva; Handeland, Kai S; Flato, Berit; Reiseter, Tor; Cvancarova, Milada; Nakstad, Britt; Wathne, Karl-Olaf (2008). "Childhood osteomyelitis-Incidence and differentiation from other acute onset musculoskeletal features in a population-based study". BMC Pediatrics. 8 (1): 45. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-45. ISSN 1471-2431.
- ↑ Calhoun JH, Manring MM (2005). "Adult osteomyelitis". Infect Dis Clin North Am. 19 (4): 765–86. doi:10.1016/j.idc.2005.07.009. PMID 16297731.