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Can staph infection eat all the way to the bone?
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Absolutely: Staphylococcal osteomyelitis can occur by extension of soft-tissue infection to underlying bone, by a direct penetrating injury or through the blood stream. Bad disease. See an id doctor and an orthopedist working together.
Answered 3/29/2012
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