Here’s some quick things every nurse should know about osteomyelitis to help you catch and treat it early in your patients!

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Osteomyelitis is an infection in a bone. Infections can reach a bone by traveling through the bloodstream or spreading from nearby tissue. Infections can also begin in the bone itself if an injury exposes the bone to germs.

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About osteomyelitis; bone infection

Osteomyelitis is a bone infection. It happens when a bacterial or fungal infection spreads from another part of your body to your bone marrow.

Oral Manifestations of Immunocompromised Conditions Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, bone marrow transplantation, solid-organ transplants, irradiation, and chemotherapy account for most immunosuppressive conditions. Typically the oral manifestations associated with HIV and other immunosuppressive conditions can be attributed to one of five etiologic categories: fungal, as in oral candidiasis; bacterial, as in gingivitis; viral, as in leukoplakia (see Plate 2-41); neoplastic, as…