title: [Osteomyelitis in sickle cell anemia patients in the Orthopedic and Trauma Department of the CHU Gabriel Toure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Describe the severity of bone lesion and evaluate the results of the treatment of osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was about a prospective study done from December 2005 to November 2006 in patients with confirmed sickle cell admitted for osteomyelitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We gather together 62 cases of osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease among 120 cases, which was about 51.7%. The mean age has been 17 years. The diagnosis was made on biology and x rays. 46.78% of our patients were sickle cell homozygote. Bone pain was the 1st reason of consultation with 53.2% of cases. Staphylococcus aureus and salmonella were the most frequent germs, with 43.55% each. Complications were noted in 32.26% because of diagnosis delay (P 0.05). Delay in the management or incorrect treatment can result in a severe and definitive sequel for the functional future of those patients.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Touré,Bamako, Mali.coulibalyyacak@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keita
authors.forename: A k M
authors.initials: Ak
authors.lastname: Maiga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guindo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alwata
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Toure
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali / Q000453:epidemiology; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult