title: Bone Scintigraphic Findings in MRSA Osteomyelitis.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis is a severe form of infection characterized by multifocal or multiple segmental osseous involvement and subperiosteal abscess formation with increased frequency of extraosseous complications including pyomyositis, septic thrombus, and septic arthritis. Bone scan showed long segment and/or multifocal involvement in 4 of 5 patients with areas of abnormal increased and decreased uptake. The clinical presentations included limp and/or pain. Joint involvement was seen in 4 cases. Bone scan abnormalities correlated well with MRI findings of severe and extensive bone disease, abscess formation, muscle, as well as joint and soft tissue involvement.
authors.affiliation: From the Phoenix Childrens Hospital, Phoenix, AZ.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cornejo
authors.forename: Gerald A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mandell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed