Defining Variability in Evaluation and Management of Children with Chronic Osteomyelitis. Issue 4 (23rd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Moorthy, Ganga S; Boutzoukas, Angelique E; Benjamin, Daniel K; Polgreen, Philip M; Beekmann, Susan E; Bradley, John S; Dehority, Walter
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Volume 12:Issue 4(2023)
• Page Start: 226
• Page End: 229
• Publication Date: 2023-01-23
• Subjects: diagnosis -- management -- pediatric chronic osteomyelitis -- prospective studies; Communicable diseases in children -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.929
• DOI: 10.1093/jpids/piad007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2048-7193

Abstract

Abstract: Pediatric chronic osteomyelitis is a rare, debilitating condition lacking management guidelines. In a national survey of 162 pediatric infectious disease physicians through the Emerging Infections Network, tremendous variability in diagnostic approaches and management was noted, highlighting a need for a prospective study to better define the spectrum of pathogens and disease.