ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS IN CHILDREN IN IBADAN, NIGERIA. IS SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION NECESSARY?

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  • S.O. OGUNLADE Author
  • A.B. OMOLOLU Author
  • T.O. ALONGE Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/

Abstract

A total of 17 Children with acute osteomyelitis presenting to division of orthopaedics and 
trauma surgery is presented. The male:female ratio is 1:1:3, mean age of 6.12 years. 
The median time of illness before presentation is 8 days. The Tibia bone is the most 
common site of infection (52.9%) while multifocal infection occurs in 35.3% of the patient. 
Staphylococcus aureus is the most common isolate (47.1%) while Salmonella typhi 
occurred in 23.5% of the patients, all with sickle cell disease. There was positive bone 
aspirate in all the patients while all patient had surgical intervention with sequential 
intravenous - oral antibiotic therapy with an excellent outcome in 94.1%. Surgical 
intervention appears to be essential to cure of acute osteomyelitis in addition to antibiotic 
use.

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Published

2024-09-15

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2004): September Issue

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ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS IN CHILDREN IN IBADAN, NIGERIA. IS SURGICAL DECOMPRESSION NECESSARY? . (2024). African Journal of Biomedical Research, 7(3), 119-123. https://doi.org/10.4314/