Trends in the Epidemiology of Osteomyelitis

Maradit Kremers, Hilal; Nwojo, Macaulay; E. Ransom, Jeanine; M. Wood‐Wentz, Christina; Joseph Melton, L.; Huddleston, P.M.

doi:10.2106/jbjs.n.01350

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Trends in the Epidemiology of Osteomyelitis

Published in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery • May 20, 2015

Authors:

Hilal Maradit Kremers

Macaulay Nwojo

Jeanine E. Ransom

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of osteomyelitis in the United States is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine long-term secular trends in the incidence of osteomyelitis in a population-based setting. METHODS: The study population comprised 760 incident cases of osteomyelitis firs...

Subject

Osteomyelitis

Epidemiology

Medicine

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