title: The bacterial causation of postoperative osteitis pubis.
abstract: Five patients with a bacterial causation of postoperative osteitis pubis were treated during a three year period.  In each patient, the bacterial cause was suggested by a known infectious process adjacent of the symphysis pubis.  It is suggested that a bacterial causation be considered for the clinical and roentgenographic syndrome of osteitis pubis if a contigous infectious process is present.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000150:complications; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D001706:Biopsy; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010000:Osteitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000382:microbiology; D011631:Pubic Symphysis / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D014521:Urethra / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents