Lesions left by stress fractures can be distinguished from osteomyelitis without difficulty because of a lack of bone destruction in stress fracture lesions.
In more serious cases, a bacteremia can result, causing an osteomyelitis or endocarditis.
Cases of vertebral osteomyelitis are so rare that only 2-4% of all bone infections are attributed to the disease.
Pathologic bones included five ribs, five vertebrae, and four bones of the feet; several damaged bones showed osteomyelitis, a bone infection.
I had contacted osteomyelitis in early 1967 and had a massive bone infection in my right leg.
These infections include peritonitis, conjunctivitis, osteomyelitis, and arthritis.
Deep infections, although less common, are much more serious and include septicaemia, endocarditis—infection of the heart valves—osteomyelitis, pneumonia, toxic food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome and skin exfoliation syndrome.
However, a couple of days later his doctor found that he was suffering from osteomyelitis— grave infection of the bone—which required his being taken away to the infirmary.
