Recent observations on osteomyelitis in sickle-cell disease.
Patients with sickle-cell haemoglobinopathy are more susceptible to osteomyelitis than normal people. The commonest causative organism in such cases has been widely reported as the salmonella species. Our findings in a prospective study of 21 consecutive patients with osteomyelitis in sickle-cell haemoglobinopathy show that the staphylococcus species is the most likely causative organism.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*