Pediatric acute osteomyelitis in the postvaccine, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus era

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 1420 - 1424
• Main Authors: Ratnayake, Kristin, Davis, Andrew J., Brown, Lance, Young, Timothy P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Bone and Bones - microbiology; Bone and Bones - pathology; Bones; Catheters; Child; Child, Preschool; Community-Acquired Infections - drug therapy; Community-Acquired Infections - epidemiology; Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology; Data collection; Emergency; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Endocarditis - etiology; Epidemiology; Female; Humans; Illnesses; Infant; Laboratories; Male; Medical imaging; Medical instruments; Medical records; Medical Records - statistics & numerical data; Methicillin Resistance - drug effects; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Osteomyelitis - complications; Osteomyelitis - drug therapy; Osteomyelitis - epidemiology; Osteomyelitis - microbiology; Pulmonary Embolism - etiology; Pulmonary Embolism - microbiology; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis - etiology; Staphylococcal Infections - complications; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcus infections; Streptococcus infections; Studies; Thromboembolism; Thrombosis; Time-to-Treatment; Venous Thrombosis - etiology

We sought to describe the causative organisms, bones involved, and complications in cases of pediatric osteomyelitis in the postvaccine age and in the era of increasing infection with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). We reviewed the medical records of children...