Osteomyelitis

Question 1

Can be
1. Due to bacteraemia e.g. IVDU, sepsis, immunosuppressed

2. contiguous spread of infection from adjacent soft tissues to the bone or from direct injury/trauma to bone

Answer 1

1. Haematogenous - monomicrobial / most common in children
2. Non-haematogenous - polymicrobial / most common in adults

Question 2

Most common pathogen
EXCEPT

Answer 2

Staph aureus
EXCEPT in SCD –> Salmonella