ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021
The Epidemiology of Osteomyelitis in Children.
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- Vacuum sealing drainage as an adjunct to surgical debridement in pediatric acute hematogenous osteomyelitis: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Acute Gram-Negative Osteomyelitis: Insights from a Six-Year Retrospective Study.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
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- Investigating the correlations among clinical, laboratory, and imaging findings in pediatric patients with osteomyelitis and septic arthritis: a 12-year retrospective study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Systemic Infection of Pediatric Osteomyelitis: A Clinical Case in a Low-Income Country.Cureus · 2025Article
- Clinical features and sequelae of pediatric osteomyelitis following surgical treatment: a 10-year retrospective study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Impact of paediatric antimicrobial stewardship program in haematogenous bone and joint infections.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Investigating Osteomyelitis as a Rare Adverse Effect of Vaccination in the Pediatric Population.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Osteomyelitis of the Patella With Extension Into Parapatellar Soft Tissues in a Six-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report.Cureus · 2024Article
- Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Clavicular Lesions: A Retrospective Analysis of 20 Cases.Cureus · 2024Article
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- A transformer-based deep learning model for identifying the occurrence of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis and predicting blood culture results.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Antibiotic Impregnated Microporous Nanohydroxyapatite Beads for Chronic Osteomyelitis Treatment: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Prospective Cohort Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Surgical Management of an Osteomyelitis Associated Subchondral Bone Defect in the Pediatric Knee Based on Arthroscopy, "Ossoscopy" and Bone Grafting-A Case Report.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pediatric osteomyelitis remains challenging to treat. Detailed epidemiological data are required to estimate future developments. Therefore, we aimed to analyze how the incidence has changed over the last decade depending on age, gender, osteomyelitis subtype, and anatomical localization. Cases were quantified for patients aged 20 years or younger, using yearly reported ICD-10 diagnosis codes from German medical institutions for the time period 2009 to 2019. Incidence rates of osteomyelitis increased by 11.7% from 8.2 cases per 100,000 children in 2009 to 9.2 cases per 100,000 children in 2019. The age-specific incidence rate revealed the highest occurrence of osteomyelitis in patients aged 10-15 years (15.3/100,000 children), which increased by 23% over the observation period, followed by the age group 5-10 years (9.7/100,000 children). In 2019, out of all diagnoses, 39.2% were classified as acute, 38.4% as chronic, and 22.4% were unspecified, whereby chronic cases increased by 38.7%. The lower extremity was mainly affected, with 58.9% of osteomyelitis diagnoses in 2019. In conclusion, pediatric osteomyelitis is a serious issue, even in a developed and industrialized country such as Germany. Considering the recent incidence increase, the permanent need for appropriate treatment should let pediatricians and orthopedic surgeons deal with diagnosis and treatment protocols.
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