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Is it possible to get osteomyelitis outside of the bone?
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Osteomyelitis: Means bone infection, which could be bacterial, fungal or yeast. Even TB can infect bone. But an infection "outside" of the bone cannot, by definition, be called osteomyelitis.
Answered 2/6/2019
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Osteomyelitis: Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone. You can get infections outs of the bone but then it would be called by a different name.
Answered 5/26/2016
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No, but: "osteomyelitis" means "bone infection". Infection can spread beyond the bone, leading to ascending soft tissue infection or gangrene. Hope this helps.
Answered 6/5/2013
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Not by definition: Word osteomyelitis by definition means infection involving bone. Osteo means bone.Bone can get involved from soft tissue infection secondarily involvlng adjacent bone.
Answered 5/26/2016
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Osteomyelitis: by definition is infection specifically of the bone, but the infection can spread to other areas via the bloodstream or direct extension. If it did spread to other non-bony regions it would no longer be termed osteomyelitis in those areas.
Answered 5/26/2016
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