I read a blog post about osteomyelitis. but i'm still not clear - what is it?

Bone infection: Osteomyelitis is a bone infection. Sometimes it can be treated with antibiotics alone. Other times it requires operative intervention in conjunction with antibiotics.

Bone infection: Osteomyelitis is infection of bone.Most commonly in metaphysis(toward end of bone) in adults in children can also be multifocal, more than one bone, and occur in epiphysis(end) , diaphysis(shaft), and other locations(apophyses, flat bones).Etiology bacterial (most common staph.) and fungal.Most virulent osteomyelitis recently is MRSA (methicillin resistant staph aureus) which can affect entire bo