Osteomylitis

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• May have history of trauma
• Fever and ill appearing, limp or refusal to stand, point tenderness.
• Increased ESR, CRP, and WBCs
• Diagnosis by radiographs, bone scan, and needle aspiration obtaining organism. There may also be some joint effusion.
• Most common organism is S. aureus

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