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Can you get bone infection from a leg ulcer?
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Yes: If the leg infection exposes bone, then the bone can most definitely become infected.
Answered 8/3/2012
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Yes: Bone that is exposed in the base of an ulcer often becomes locally infected. Your doctor calls it "osteomyelitis .".
Answered 7/8/2015
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Yes: If ulcer gets infected it can spread to bone.
Answered 7/5/2012
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