Defining Variability in Evaluation and Management of Children with Chronic Osteomyelitis

Authors

Ganga S. Moorthy, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Angelique E. Boutzoukas, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Duke Clinical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Daniel K. Benjamin, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Duke Clinical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Philip M. Polgreen, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Susan E. Beekmann, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
John S. Bradley, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA and Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Walter Dehority, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-23-2023

Abstract

Pediatric chronic osteomyelitis is a rare, debilitating condition lacking management guidelines. In a national survey of 162 pediatric infectious disease physicians through the Emerging Infections Network, tremendous variability in diagnostic approaches and management were noted, highlighting a need for prospective study to better define the spectrum of pathogens and disease.

Publication Title

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc

ISSN

2048-7207

DOI

10.1093/jpids/piad007

Recommended Citation

Moorthy GS, Boutzoukas AE, Benjamin DK, Polgreen PM, Beekmann SE, Bradley JS, Dehority W. Defining Variability in Evaluation and Management of Children with Chronic Osteomyelitis. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2023 Jan 23:piad007. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piad007. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36688512.