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.