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Osteomyelitis See images

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment | Prevention

Symptoms

Pain in the bone

Local swelling, redness, and warmth

General discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (malaise)

Drainage of pus through the skin in chronic infection

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

Signs and Tests

A physical examination shows bone tenderness, and possibly swelling and redness.

A CBC shows elevated white blood cell count.
The ESR is elevated.
Blood cultures may help identify the causative organism.
A needle aspiration of vertebral space for culture may be done.
A bone lesion biopsy and culture may be positive for the organism.
A skin lesion with a sinus tract (the lesion "tunnels" under the tissues) may yield drainage of pus for culture.

This disease may alter the results of the following tests:

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