title: [Chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis. Clinical aspects and bacteriology].
abstract: 50 patients suffering from chronic posttraumatic osteomyelitis were examined. In 66% an open fracture, caused either by traffic or industrial accidents was the primary reason for hospitalization. The most frequent pathogenic bacterium was staphylococcus aureus: 80% of the patients suffered from staphylococcal infections, mostly, however, in mixed culture with pseudomonas aeruginosa or clebsiella. Whereas the peripheral leukocyte count and the serum electrophoresis showed abnormal values only in a small percentage of the patients, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate proved to be a reliable index of the intensity of chronic infection.
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012008:Recurrence; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Chronische posttraumatische Osteomyelitis. 1. Klinik und Bakteriologie