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The term ''[[osteomyelitis]]'' describes any new infection in the bone and bone marrow. '''Vertebral osteomyelitis''' is a specific type of this disease; the term describes a rare bone infection concentrated in the spinal region.<ref name="American Family Physician">{{cite journal|last=Carek, M.D.|first=Peter|coauthors=Lori Dickerson, Jonathan Sack, M.D.|title=Diagnosis and Management of Osteomyelitis|journal=American Family Physician|date=15|year=2001|month=June|volume=12|issue=63|pages=2413–2421|url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0615/p2413.html|accessdate=March 27, 2012}}</ref> | The term ''[[osteomyelitis]]'' describes any new infection in the bone and bone marrow. '''Vertebral osteomyelitis''' is a specific type of this disease; the term describes a rare bone infection concentrated in the spinal region.<ref name="American Family Physician">{{cite journal|last=Carek, M.D.|first=Peter|coauthors=Lori Dickerson, Jonathan Sack, M.D.|title=Diagnosis and Management of Osteomyelitis|journal=American Family Physician|date=15|year=2001|month=June|volume=12|issue=63|pages=2413–2421|url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0615/p2413.html|accessdate=March 27, 2012}}</ref> | ||
==Classification== | |||
The infection can be classified as acute or chronic depending on the severity of the onset of the case,<ref name="US Library">{{cite book|title=A.D.A.M Medical Encyclopedia: Osteomyelitis|year=2010|publisher=United States National Library of Medicine|location=Bethesda, MD|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001473/|author=David Dugdale, III, M.D.|coauthors=Jatin Vyas, M.D.|accessdate=12 March 2012}}</ref> where acute patients often experience better outcomes than those living with the chronic symptoms that are characteristic of the disease. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
The term osteomyelitis describes any new infection in the bone and bone marrow. Vertebral osteomyelitis is a specific type of this disease; the term describes a rare bone infection concentrated in the spinal region.[1]
Classification
The infection can be classified as acute or chronic depending on the severity of the onset of the case,[2] where acute patients often experience better outcomes than those living with the chronic symptoms that are characteristic of the disease.
References
- ↑ Carek, M.D., Peter (15). "Diagnosis and Management of Osteomyelitis". American Family Physician. 12 (63): 2413–2421. Retrieved March 27, 2012. Unknown parameter
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